{"id":210488,"date":"2020-07-17T06:37:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T06:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210488"},"modified":"2020-07-20T05:38:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T05:38:32","slug":"moscow-mayor-announces-masks-no-longer-needed-covid-not-a-big-threat-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=210488","title":{"rendered":"Moscow Mayor Announces Masks No Longer Needed, COVID Not a Big Threat After All"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TASS \u2013 via <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/russia-insider.com\/en\/moscow-mayor-announces-masks-no-longer-needed-covid-not-big-threat-after-all\/ri30906\">Russia Insider July 16, 2020<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>Mayor Sobyanin is now hailing Moscow&#8217;s &#8220;herd immunity&#8221; and pooh-poohing virus alarmism. Life is back to normal in Moscow, everything is open, people are taking public transport. The panic is over and they won&#8217;t fall for it again.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_207712\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Moscow-mayor-sobyanin-makes-trump-merkel-illuminati-hand-sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207712\" class=\"wp-image-207712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Moscow-mayor-sobyanin-makes-trump-merkel-illuminati-hand-sign-768x505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Moscow-mayor-sobyanin-makes-trump-merkel-illuminati-hand-sign-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Moscow-mayor-sobyanin-makes-trump-merkel-illuminati-hand-sign-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Moscow-mayor-sobyanin-makes-trump-merkel-illuminati-hand-sign.jpg 1007w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-207712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow Mayor Sobyanin makes Trump-Merkel Illuminati hand sign. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong><em>Editor\u2019s note:<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0This is fresh. Russia\u2019s main Covid-19 alarmist, the Moscow rat mayor Sobyanin is now sounding like Andres Tegnell talking about \u201cherd immunity\u201d and how there is no cause for alarm. The scumbag played a huge role in locking down, not just Moscow, but also Russia.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trump-handsign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-177509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trump-handsign-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trump-handsign-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Trump-handsign.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>But for whatever reason Russia reopened after a briefer lockdown period than Western Europe.\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>The fact that a lockdown has been deemed unnecessary and unhelpful for the present situation as about\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/russia\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">150 Russians continue to die while carrying the virus daily<\/span><\/a>, is proof enough it was just as unnecessary (and disastrous) in April when the daily death toll was only slightly greater.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>In fact, even before Sobyanin\u2019s ruling that masks are no longer mandatory Moscovites had already stopped wearing them. His apparent U-turn from a COVID Rouge zealot to a relative dove is him having to bow down to what the people are already practicing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_168840\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/merkel-masonic-handsign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168840\" class=\"wp-image-168840 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/merkel-masonic-handsign-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-168840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 2008 B&#8217;nai B&#8217;rith banquet, Angela Merkel flaunts the same Masonic handsign. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">MOSCOW, July 10. \/TASS\/.\u00a0<strong>The herd immunity threshold for COVID-19 in Moscow is at the level that allows relaxing the restrictions imposed<\/strong>\u00a0in the city amid the pandemic,\u00a0<strong>moreover a second wave is not expected in the city<\/strong>\u00a0in the near future,\u00a0<strong>Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin<\/strong>\u00a0said in a televised interview with the Russian channel Rossiya-24 on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cOn the basis of experience and conversations with a variety of experts, doctors and specialists of Rospotrebnadzor [the Russian consumer watchdog], I can see that we managed to pass the peak\u00a0and no second wave is expected in the foreseeable future.<strong>\u00a0We believe that the population in Moscow has developed herd immunity, which lets us ease the restrictions with confidence,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Sobyanin pointed out that he takes calmly any coronavirus forecasts.\u00a0<strong>The Moscow mayor said that people have \u201cgot used to the threat\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and constantly expect\u00a0bad news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Nevertheless, Sobyanin recalled, the Russian capital hosted the Victory Day Parade and voting on amendments to the Russian constitution in recent weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>\u201cPrior to the parade, there had been lots of prognoses, including negative. But nothing bad happened,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0the mayor said adding that there were rumors that the authorities were understating morbidity rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cNothing like that.\u00a0<strong>Those were all lies.<\/strong>\u00a0It can be stated today that we have been witnessing the disease rate going down over these days and weeks,\u201d Sobyanin concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Earlier, Sobyanin signed a decree on the next stage of easing coronavirus restrictions.\u00a0<strong>On July 13, wearing face coverings will not be mandatory outdoors<\/strong>, except public transport, stores and other public spaces.\u00a0<strong>Educational institutions, amusement and recreational parks and\u00a0cultural centers will reopen on that day.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>On August 1, theaters, cinemas and concert halls with under 3,000 seats could reopen<\/strong>, but their seating capacity will be cut by half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Originally appeared in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/society\/1177067\"><strong>TASS<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Russia Insider Tip Jar &#8211; Keep truth alive!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TeamRussiaInsider\">Patreon<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/RussiaInsider\">Paypal<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow&#8217;s Mayor Sobyanin played a big role in the lockdown in Russia. 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