I read some scientific article recently that said the "sampling" used to come up with these numbers were flawed -- they used the "low end" numbers for the earlier period, in order to make it a dramatic rise. The article had a graph showing the sampling points used. Most on our side, are quite rational and not afraid of the facts. Remember reality doesn't matter to the Stalinists, they will use any method to gain control.
The article was extremely erroneous.