Extrapolating by number of excess deaths, Russia’s COVID-19 pandemic death toll may have already surpassed that of the United States, the Moscow Times reports, based on their analysis of numbers from the Rosstat official statistics agency. As of October 31st, over 810,000 more Russians have died in the months since the pandemic began than were recorded in their corresponding months in 2019 – for example, October 2021 saw 247,000 deaths from all causes, about 90,000 more than the 157,000 who died in October 2019 prior to the pandemic. October 2021 was the fourth consecutive month of over 200,000 fatalities, and the fifth since January 2008.
The CDC by contrast estimates that 890,000 excess fatalities occurred in the United States through the end of November 2021. This means that, with a month lag in reporting, and with a population roughly a third the size of the United States, if November was anything like October in Russia (and it was probably even worse) the Russian Federation has very likely already seen more deaths from COVID-19 than the United States. No wonder the fanboys love it so much.