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Ask HN: Why so few virus cases in Russia?

12 points by matt_the_bass ↗ HN
Russia is reporting so few cases of coronavirus. Why? Are they not reporting? Not testing? Not admitting?

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YaBa
Vodka.
CyberFonic
Stronger alcohol than hand sanitiser - and tastes better ... only just.
crankylinuxuser
It's like the US.

If you restrict testing, very few can be found to test positive..... So you can say things like:

"Only 12 have been found positive." or "Our community/city has nobody tested positive."

Long story short, it's a sham.

hourislate
I can't confirm this as true. It was a Russian posting it on a board but he said they had over 11000 cases and 600 dead about 2 weeks ago with the majority in Far East Russia.

If it was true then I would imagine the problem has grown but I believe the Russians like the Chinese are able to institute stricter policies than the West could when it comes to lock downs and no go zones.

duxup
Does it seem like they should have more?
lonelappde
Russia is relatively isolated from the rest of the world. Officials recently reported cases coming in from Italy so it will be spreading.
sloaken
How free do you think the news reporting in Russia is? I would expect you only hear what the government wants you to hear.