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hey, the view from Samara is mixed. First, I had insider information about the death of a local notable from covid. He was not vaxxed, and fairly young to succumb to it (not even 60). The press reports were remarkably sober and unwilling to use this fact (which was not revealed). So there is this compared to the West. The friend who related me all this then proceeded to rattle off the names of five other people he knew who had died in the last two weeks. And these are not malnourished pensioners, but rather members of the local upper crust. He felt that pensioners may then be dying at a very high rate.

This is only one data point of course. But my main two connections here (in their 20s and 30s) have canceled 3 events in the course of a week because they have not been able to beat what ails them. One is vaxxed, the other is not. I don't get sick, because I take vitamin D and also I do other things that keep my immune system in good shape, but 99%+ of Russians are deficient in vit. D.

I also notice that Ukraine, where some "wonderful" bio laboratories are located, have the highest mortality yet since early 2020 (euromomo.eu). But all in all I am willing to consider that Russia, or at least Samara, is under medical emergency now, and there might be some facts we do not know. This does not detract from any of Riley's arguments, which are all fact-based.

I still do not see how this can keep going for long. No one wants these restrictions, and forced jabs harden attitudes far more than a stolen election. Nothing is said about simple and effective methods. Vit. D pills are typically too expensive for pensioners. Also to consider, standards of living have dropped for a few years now. Either there will be sufficient numbers of deaths, so that the population spontaneously changes its mind, based on word of mouth, or there will be some type of conflict down the road.

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Today everything is open in Samara. But only if you have a negative test or QR code...

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