There is a National Mask Mandate..... in Russia!

[aaaaaa5a]

Russia has reinstated a national mask mandate as coronavirus infections surge across the country, the Moscow Times reported Tuesday.

From Wednesday, Russians will be required to wear masks in crowded places, including public transport and parking lots, the country’s consumer safety watchdog said. It wasn’t clear how the mandate would be enforced.

After a lockdown in April and May, Russian President Vladimir Putin had resisted taking nationwide measures over the last couple of months, leaving the decisions instead to the regions, the New York Times reports.

But the numbers of cases and deaths have reached new heights over the past few weeks. Russia has recorded more than 16,000 new cases a day for five days in a row, and there were 320 deaths on Tuesday — a single-day record.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Russia has reported more than 1.5 million cases and more than 26,400 deaths.

Full article:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-updates-white-house-not-going-to-control-pandemic_n_5f96bb00c5b68dbe93f94b2a

[LisaL]

1. And their numbers are still way better than ours.

NT

[ProfessorGAC]

8. If You Trust Their Numbers

I don't.
Look at their reported numbers the first 2 months. They sealed their borders, shut down Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Volgograd all during March, because they had almost no cases?
Very dubious.
I expect their numbers per capita are much the same as here.


https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/russia/

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. Meanwhile, he's probably promoting no masks here...

... during his phone calls with Dumb Donnie.

We might later learn that the long-term organ damage is even more devastating than what's already been discovered, while our traitor President gets sanctuary over there. It wouldn't surprise me.

[CottonBear]

3. OK. Who's gonna tell these guys:

Editorial Comment: These Trumpanzees are, IMHO, traitors.

[aaaaaa5a]

6. +1.

[FakeNoose]

7. This pic is from pre-Covid days - 2018 I think

I wonder if an enterprising journalist can find these guys and ask them whether they're still of the same mind.

[2naSalit]

4. I think pooyin is going to

Burn -45's ass on his way down. He'll show him what he should be doing while knowing he can't pull it off. He's burnt soggy toast I'm thinking.

[johnp3907]

5. But they have a vaccine!

[Blue Owl]

9. Is this some kinda Yakov Smirnoff joke?

n/t