Russians Off For Covid…Putin off forever
So I saw in the news a while back that Russians have been ordered to stay home from work for a week in a desperate attempt to control Covid.(1) It seems the disease has rebounded in that country, in spite of President Putin’s attempts to pretend otherwise.
You’ll also recall that Russian doctors and scientists who speak out about Russia’s abysmal record in dealing with the disease have a curious habit of falling out of windows. Three did so in 2020 alone.(2)
Which suggests that the Putin’s government has proven utterly incapable fo dealing with the disease, just as its American imitator — i.e., the Trump administration — similarly failed to stop Covid here.
Isn’t it interesting how often authoritarian regimes —Putin’s in Russia, Trump’s in the United States, Xi’s in China, Bolsonaro’s in Brazil, and so on — come to power by pretending there is a crisis which only they can handle? But, then, when a real problem comes along…
They’re helpless?
~mjt
Sources:
1.“Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths rise,” by Vladimir Isachenkov, AP, Oct 20, 2021, https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-russia-europe-vladimir-putin-bcb1c48ff55f0b2276d3696baba2084c
2.”Three Russian doctors fall from hospital windows, raising questions amid coronavirus pandemic,” by Mary Ilyushina, CNN, May 7, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/europe/russia-medical-workers-windows-intl/index.html
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