Oh and.....what ‘Covid crisis”?
1,000 deaths a day right now in Russia. TASS is blaming people delaying medical treatment and coming in sicker. Probably more a case of an influx of patients and not enough of everything.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/10/17/world-cornavirus-russia-record-cases-deaths/3491634478366/#:~:text=Russia%27s%20actual%20death%20toll%20may%20be%20around%20418%2C000,the%20virus%20was%20not%20considered%20the%20main%20cause.