The Shocking Enormity of Russia’s Botched Pandemic Response A massive third wave is spreading unchecked, anti-vaxxers are rampant, and the Kremlin’s vaccine diplomacy has failed. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/0...wave-covid-deaths-delta-variant-anti-vaxxers/
India has 414K COVID-19 deaths to date. The actual toll could be 10 times higher https://globalnews.ca/news/8042640/india-covid-19-deaths-toll-10-times-higher/
Let's take a look at the Covid results in Russia. A loss of four years off of live expectancy and a population drop of 997,000 people. Russian population decline largest ever recorded https://thehill.com/policy/internat...sian-population-decline-largest-ever-recorded In the past year, Russia had its most significant peacetime population decline of all time. Since last October, Russia's natural population has declined by 997,000, according to The Washington Post. The natural population is determined by the difference between the country's death rate and birth rate. "[The] overwhelming share of this decline is associated with an increase in mortality, which is also reflected in the dramatic drop in life expectancy that fell by about 4 years," Alexey Raksha wrote in a Facebook post about the change, per the Post. "In turn, an overwhelming share of this increase in mortality is due to Covid-19." The drop comes as Russia battles a brutal fourth wave of COVID-19. On Wednesday, the country recorded its highest daily COVID-19 death count, with 984 fatalities reported, an increase from Tuesday's high of 973 deaths. Despite a rising death toll and reports that 11 percent of the country's COVID-19 patients were in serious condition, the country has refused to lock down. Some Russian regions, however, have imposed vaccine mandates for people in certain industries like health care, education, retail and government. "Any measure that can encourage more people to get vaccinated is good because only vaccination saves from death," President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, previously said. Data from Our World in Data showed that just over 30 percent of Russia was fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
India is working to turn itself around by getting people vaccinated. As noted it is the only way out of the pandemic. India celebrates 1B vaccine doses, hopes to speed 2nd shots https://apnews.com/article/coronavi...h-asia-india-6946d0dd95d43975e383d28726af3fe4 India celebrated giving its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose on Thursday, a hopeful milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled a crushing surge earlier this year and missteps initially held back its inoculation campaign. About half of India’s nearly 1.4 billion people have received at least one dose while around 20% are fully immunized, according to Our World in Data. Many of those shots have come in just the past couple of months, after the rollout languished in the first half of the year amid vaccine shortages and problems with the system for rolling them out. The success of the campaign has been credited with driving down coronavirus cases since the devastating months at the start of the year when India was recording hundreds of thousands infections a day, hospitals buckled under the pressure, and crematoriums and graveyards became overwhelmed. But experts warn that India must speed up the delivery of second shots in order to ensure the outbreak doesn’t flare again. The country widened the gap between shots from 12 to 16 weeks in order to administer more first doses at a time when supply was limited and infections were surging — a tactic countries like the United Kingdom have used in times of crisis. But it created a lag in getting people fully immunized. India is using vaccines that require two doses. Ramping up the second dose is “an important priority,” V.K. Paul, the head of the country’s COVID-19 taskforce, said last week. “We would like to see this number go up. Complete coverage is absolutely critical,” Paul said. For now, the country appears to have enough vaccines to do that — but its supplies will be watched closely since it is a major supplier of the shots globally. When it halted exports in April as cases surged at home, it had a devastating impact on poorer countries that particularly rely on doses from India. Exports resumed earlier this month. The government is now optimistic that the country’s rising vaccine supply will be enough to cover its international and domestic commitments. Both of the two main suppliers have ramped up production, with the Serum Institute of India now producing around 220 million doses a month and Bharat Biotech about 30 million, Paul said. Still, experts say the vaccine situation will need constant review. “There can be no written-in-stone rule — if infections rise drastically, they can again stop exports until there’s enough doses,” said K. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India. On Thursday, India confirmed more than 18,400 new cases and 160 deaths — dramatically below the worst days in May when daily fatalities exceeded 4,000. Overall, the country has recorded around 34 million infections and over 450,000 deaths, according to the Health Ministry, though those figures, as elsewhere, are likely undercounts. Even states where infections were swelling a few weeks ago, such as Kerala along the tropical Malabar coast, have seen a sustained decline. “There is a sense of comfort that India has suffered the worst of the delta variant, but this must be accompanied with a feeling of caution,” said Reddy. “Even if cases go up, we are unlikely to see the scale of the surge earlier — if that does happen, it would be fairly unexpected.” India earlier said it aimed to vaccinate all eligible adults by the end of the year, but experts say the current pace of immunizations will need to increase to meet this goal, even though it has already ramped up significantly. Though the campaign began in January, by mid-June, only about 3.5% of the population had been fully vaccinated. India celebrated the achievement of 1 billion shots with fanfare Thursday — though it’s not that surprising since it’s the world’s second-most populous country. The first country to reach that milestone, China, is the most populous. Billboards announcing the feat with a photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were posted across New Delhi. Outside a local politician’s house in the capital city, residents gathered as sweets were distributed. A song and film to commemorate the moment have been released, and the Indian flag was unfurled at the historic Red Fort in New Delhi. In recent months, life in India has swung back to normal. Markets buzz with activity, foreign tourists are allowed again after a 19-month hiatus and the country is gearing up to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. But there are fears this could be a lull before a storm. Even though India may have borne the brunt of the delta variant already, things could escalate quickly if a new variant emerges — either from within the country or outside. “If the virus becomes different or mutates, it changes the dynamics. This could change everything,” Paul said.
Putin rages against vaccine refusal as COVID-19 deaths hit record highs in Russia https://nypost.com/2021/10/21/moscow-to-shut-shops-schools-as-covid-19-deaths-soar/
Putin's campaign to get Russians vaccinated actually helps to discredit the anti-xaxx conspiracy theories here, so it is a good thing to publicize.
Despite having a poor Covid response, lacking vaccines, and facing medical system issues -- Latin America is turning the corner. Covid-19 infections and deaths are dropping across Latin America The death and infection figures were the lowest in over a year, with downward trends in larger Caribbean islands including Cuba, though Paraguay and Belize saw jumps in cases. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/covid-19-infections-deaths-dropping-latin-america-rcna3949
Locations with low vaccination rates are going to have a harsh winter. Enjoy the lockdowns, Moscow embarks on sweeping lockdown as COVID-19 deaths surge https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/moscow-embarks-sweeping-lockdown-covid-19-deaths-surge-2274831
CDC adds Russia to highest COVID-19 travel warning category https://thehill.com/policy/internat...a-to-highest-covid-19-travel-warning-category The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday moved Russia to its category of highest travel risk. The CDC designated Russia as "Level 4: COVID-19 Very High," meaning the country has had more than 500 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people for each of the past 28 days. (More at above url)
All lies. First of all, nobody knows the true population of India, because most of them live in the rural areas, where they fuck and fuck and fuck, and have 10,0000 children per village per year, and half of them die due to malnutrition. Because they refuse to eat red meat. India is a large country. Do they have census-takers going to every teeny-tiny village of kid-makers every year? No. The census is BS, just like the covid test-rate and covid death-rate. There will never ever be a true number from a country with at least 1.5 billion people, just like China.