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Putin dons hazmat suit as Moscow says coronavirus outbreak is worse than it looks
Reuteurs ^ | MARCH 24, 2020 | Andrew Osborn, Tom Balmforth

Posted on 03/24/2020 11:08:32 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

President Vladimir Putin donned a hazmat suit and respirator on Tuesday during a visit to a hospital treating coronavirus patients and the mayor of Moscow said the outbreak in the Russian capital was much worse than official figures showed.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; trumpputin
no one is spared
1 posted on 03/24/2020 11:08:32 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

I would too.


2 posted on 03/24/2020 11:10:28 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

They probably have a lot of Chicom comrades roaming around.


3 posted on 03/24/2020 11:11:24 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: RomanSoldier19

Wait! I thought I read Russia had no cases of the China Virus?


4 posted on 03/24/2020 11:14:07 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: RomanSoldier19

Does this mean that the virus is colluding with Russia or something?


5 posted on 03/24/2020 11:16:49 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: RomanSoldier19
It's a good look for him...but where's the topless FEMEN chicks?


6 posted on 03/24/2020 11:22:41 AM PDT by nascarnation
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7 posted on 03/24/2020 11:25:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

In Soviet Russia, virus not kill you. Soviet Russia kill you and virus.


8 posted on 03/24/2020 11:28:56 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: IndispensableDestiny
In Soviet Russia, virus not kill you. Soviet Russia kill you and virus.

ROFL. True that.

9 posted on 03/24/2020 11:34:49 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: HighSierra5
They probably have a lot of Chicom comrades roaming around.

Russia closed their entire border with China back in January.

10 posted on 03/24/2020 11:44:31 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Communism is much worse than it looks, too.

Viruses come, viruses go.......


11 posted on 03/24/2020 11:52:11 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: nascarnation

Dealt with: http://cdn.slowrobot.com/11112014182616.gif


12 posted on 03/24/2020 12:01:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: nascarnation

Is that John “Ketchup” Kerry on the right wearing that bluish gown?


13 posted on 03/24/2020 12:04:52 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: RomanSoldier19

Another Reuters BULL$HIT moment.


14 posted on 03/24/2020 12:14:59 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: RomanSoldier19

I hope the quarentined Republican senators do this and show up for the vote.


15 posted on 03/24/2020 12:28:58 PM PDT by damper99
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To: mac_truck

[Russia closed their entire border with China back in January.]


Or so they say. This being Russia, I bet it’s not difficult to pay off the border guards. Note that the “closure” was at the same time as the US. And the Russians get 1.3m Chinese tourists a year. Not to mention the swarms of business people going back and forth through the common border.

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/chinese-tourist-influx-rattles-russian-museums


16 posted on 03/24/2020 12:46:38 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

No bare chested tough guy today?


17 posted on 03/24/2020 1:09:43 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: billyboy15

495 cases, 1 death....fairly low as Europe goes.


18 posted on 03/24/2020 3:31:41 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Of course these are “reported” cases and like China’s sudden absence of new cases and deaths, who knows what to believe.


19 posted on 03/25/2020 2:29:33 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: billyboy15

Just saw a story where Moscow hospitals are starting to be overwhelmed with the sick now


20 posted on 04/12/2020 1:44:14 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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