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Russia’s Excess Death Toll Hits 600K

Rogue Valley

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A Delta variant sweeping across the country and low vaccination rates resulted in more than 2,000 extra fatalities a day during July.

8/27/21
Russia recorded almost 64,000 excess fatalities in July as a brutal third wave of the coronavirus swept across the country, encountering an under-vaccinated population and overwhelmed hospitals in its path. In a report released late Friday evening, the Rosstat state statistics service said 215,000 people died in July 2021 — more than in any single pre-pandemic month for at least the last 15 years. The sharp jump in fatalities — 42% more than in July 2019 — takes Russia’s total excess death toll since the beginning of the pandemic to 596,000, according to The Moscow Times’ analysis. Excess deaths — which compares the number of recorded fatalities from all causes with what would be expected in a normal period — is seen by demographers and statisticians as the gold-standard method for measuring the human toll of the pandemic as it strips out differences in national reporting standards and misattributions. Russia has the second-highest number of excess deaths in the world, behind only the U.S., and the fifth-highest once adjusted for population.

Russia was criticized last year for apparent underreporting of coronavirus fatalities, with excess fatalities coming in up to five times higher than official Covid-19 deaths in some months. In many European countries, official Covid-19 deaths fully account for the observed increase in overall excess fatalities. In recent months official Covid-19 fatalities have been closer to the scale of the pandemic implied by excess deaths and July saw the highest number of official Covid-19 fatalities since the start of the pandemic. The statistics agency recorded 44,128 official Covid-19 fatalities during July 2021, and said that in another 6,293 cases the virus was present but not deemed to be the main cause of death. Nevertheless, the surge in overall deaths was still more than twice that outlined by the nationwide coronavirus task force's daily tally of new cases and fatalities. Russia has continued to see around 20,000 cases a day and record numbers of daily fatalities throughout August.


Two months ago the Putin regime decided that there will be no more COVID lockdowns or mandates. If more Russians die, then so be it.

The regime values its economy more than it values its citizens. This is very similar to the GOP viewpoint in the United States.
 

A Delta variant sweeping across the country and low vaccination rates resulted in more than 2,000 extra fatalities a day during July.




Two months ago the Putin regime decided that there will be no more COVID lockdowns or mandates. If more Russians die, then so be it.

The regime values its economy more than it values its citizens. This is very similar to the GOP viewpoint in the United States.
Rogue Valley:

While I agree Putin's priorities place most Russians very low on the list, the same could be said about many countries around the world, including, regrettably, the USA. Few countries like New Zealand, Australia, South Korea and Canada follow the stong and borderline draconian public health policies necessary to best protect their citizens.

Putin is a callous ass and a money-grubbing, megalomaniacal kleptocrat but he is not alone in this position of indifference regarding Covid-19. Narendra Modi's government in India or Jair Bolsonaro's government in Brazil are far more guilty of this protracted and deliberate indifference to human life than the Putin Regime is. That does not excuse Putin in any way. It simply puts his bad policies in context.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.
 
Rogue Valley:

While I agree Putin's priorities place most Russians very low on the list, the same could be said about many countries around the world, including, regrettably, the USA. Few countries like New Zealand, Australia, South Korea and Canada follow the stong and borderline draconian public health policies necessary to best protect their citizens.

Putin is a callous ass and a money-grubbing, megalomaniacal kleptocrat but he is not alone in this position of indifference regarding Covid-19. Narendra Modi's government in India or Jair Bolsonaro's government in Brazil are far more guilty of this protracted and deliberate indifference to human life than the Putin Regime is. That does not excuse Putin in any way. It simply puts his bad policies in context.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.


You MAY be right.

However, this is the Russia/Ukraine/Belarus forum.
 

A Delta variant sweeping across the country and low vaccination rates resulted in more than 2,000 extra fatalities a day during July.




Two months ago the Putin regime decided that there will be no more COVID lockdowns or mandates. If more Russians die, then so be it.

The regime values its economy more than it values its citizens. This is very similar to the GOP viewpoint in the United States.
Russia had a vaccine available long before America and has vaccination programs. Citizens just aren’t taking it. So you can’t leave masks and lockdowns in place forever if people won’t take the vaccine.

besides, you’re another person dishonestly making the “economy versus citizens” argument. The economy is citizens. They’re not separable. Please check your privilege
 
You MAY be right.

However, this is the Russia/Ukraine/Belarus forum.
Rogue Valley:

Fair point. I withdraw the comment.

Cheers and be well.
Evilroddy.
 
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