Posted on 10/22/2021 9:31:35 PM PDT by blueplum
Moscow (CNN)Millions of Russians face strict new Covid-19 restrictions from this week after a slow vaccination drive, an overwhelmed health care system and widespread mistrust in government combined to plunge the country into its most deadly phase of the pandemic to date.
On Tuesday Moscow's mayor ordered all unvaccinated residents over 60, as well as unvaccinated people "suffering from chronic diseases," to remain home for four months until late February as the city grapples with a growing crisis. President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday approved a proposal put forward by the government to declare non-working days from October 30 to November 7 across Russia in an effort to curb the latest wave of the pandemic. Senior figures in the country have also started openly admitting that the situation is dire ...
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
This is what we should have done at the beginning. But, it's too late for that now. We should have let the old and those with compromised immune systems stay home. Those 30 and younger and healthy should have kept working and kept the economy going. We could have taken care of those who stayed home. We could have brought them food, and any other assistance they needed. This is America, and taking care of our most vulnerable is what we should have done. Had we done this, we likely wouldn't even be talking about covid right now.
I’d be happy to stay home 4 months as long as they give me a live in massage therapist for this old back. Hope she can cook too esp cook the wild game we have around.
Except I’m over 60, world full time healthier than some of the younger, obese, diabetic, smoking people I know. They should be in lockdown, not me
They’re in bed with the Chicoms so who cares?
BINGO! ... and this time with the "delta variant"! (coming soon to a country near you!)
ok, let’s say that’s a sane policy for 1K deaths a day.
The US is at 1,600 deaths a day last worldometer.
And, the US has moved on from elderly deaths with over 85% vaccinated, and those most vulnerable already died. The new age group being hospitalized is 40-60yo’ds. So who gets locked down?
The USA did ‘do it right’ in that elderly people and immunocompromised were told to stay home from the git-go. And were the first, along with claim jumpers and first responders and essential workers, to be vaccinated starting mid-December through Jan/Feb. Where we didn’t do it right was failure to mandate their HCWs/caregivers be equally vaccinated at the exact same time. But vaccinating the elderly obviously helped offset their risk except in the most fragile cases and now the most at risk age group has dropped to younger age brackets.
If Russia is being honest with their cases numbers, about 1 in 17 Russians have tested postive for covid. Overall, about 1 in 7 Americans have tested positive for covid.
Elderly did do their part and stayed at home. The 60 million over 65 who could afford it keeping Instacart and Uber drivers busy and happy with their delivery grocery orders and those who couldn’t afford deliveries going grocery shopping during 7am “senior hours”. Seniors were the first to vaccinate at a current going rate of 85% to 90%
Lack of knowledge of how to treat and how the virus worked, caused the deaths last year. The deaths this year are a result of more contageous mutation combined with apathy and denial.
One in 8 Californians, one in 7 in Texas, one in 8 in New York, one in 7 in North Carolina, one in 5 in Tennessee have had a confirmed case of covid (to cover a few of the top ten under the US category). That’s reported cases vs state pop. Very few of the current 1,600 cases a day, 750 thousand deaths to date were spread by old folks laying in beds in nursing homes or shut-ins in apartments or the millions of seniors who are still engaged in advoidance behavors. And the group now more likely to be hospitalized are those 30-50.
I can agree with this.
And the group now more likely to be hospitalized are those 30-50.
I'm with you on this for the reasons you gave above. Especially, as you pointed out, since a great many of the "old folks" got the jab.
Russia does recognize natural immunity as long as a symptomatic infection was documented (e.g. just the presence of antibodies isn’t enough).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.