The Very Low Number of Russia's Reported COVID-19 Cases Raises Questions of a Cover-Up

PJ Media ^ | 03/23/2020 | Rick Moran

[rightwingcrazy]

May be just incompetence or willful ignorance. People die, they don’t know why.

[Rapscallion]

I wont call Putin’s data false but it is suspect.

[Alberta's Child]

Is phony reporting to mislead the public about the number of actual cases any worse than media-driven hysteria among nitwits in the public who empty the shelves of the grocery stores?

[Carriage Hill]

They just chalk it up to too much Vodka, or something.

[Brilliant]

They have a very low population density, which seems to be a very important factor in how many people get the virus.

[OKSooner]

Vlad turned all the lions and tigers loose out of the zoo to make people stay inside, is what I heard.

[Gamecock]

Coverup?

[Old Yeller]

They just chalk it up to too much Vodka, or something.

That's what we do for Pelosi's weird behavior.

[Texas Eagle]

As is ABC News's.

This is a tough call to make. Which perpetual liar do we believe?

Plus, the University of East Anglia sound familiar? Why is that?

[ought-six]

Of course Russia is covering it up.

[dfwgator]

Either the Wu Flu or The Kremlin Flu.

[HangnJudge]

...They have a very low population density, which seems to be a very important factor in how many people get the virus.

Yup - It, and limited social mobility, kept West(by gawd)Virginia off the lists for almost a week after all other states fell

[Sacajaweau]

We up our numbers as we increase testing.

If you don't test, only the very sick become known.

[Professional]

Absolutely shameful that there aren’t more deaths in Russia! Putin’s fault for sure!

Or perhaps their societal standards don’t promote virus spreading? But no, let’s instead claim cover up. Pathetic.

[Professional]

Stop ruining the fun.

[lightman]

First and foremost, Putin HAS NOT ordered the shuttering of Churches.

And the Russian Orthodox Hierarchs have not cowered in fear like many of their counterparts worldwide but especially in North America.

The “medicine of immortality” must be dispensed as often as possible.

[Nextrush]

The story from Russia is that coronavirus is one of a host of issues to be concerned about as I read Tass News Agency daily.

They are trying to carry on normally while responding to the coronavirus locally and globally.

Russian teams flew into Italy yesterday to help that country with Covid-19.

https://tass.com

[Zhang Fei]

[They have a very low population density, which seems to be a very important factor in how many people get the virus.]

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That’s the theory. In practice, large numbers live scrunched up in or near densely-populated cities. Moscow, for instance, has 12m people, almost 10% of Russia’s population. It’s also more densely-populated than Los Angeles. So is St Petersburg, with 5m people. The rest of Russia’s top 10 cities are fairly near LA in terms of population density, with 5,000 per sq mile and up.

[granada]

How about the very low numbers of Saudi Arabia & UAE’s?