Everything is Fine
What flattening the curve doesn't look like
It’s day whatever of Ukraine’s epidemic disaster and my beloved award-winning Kyiv Post reports:
Ukraine has not taken the COVID-19 pandemic lightly. On March 12, it implemented a quarantine, shuttering schools and canceling mass gatherings. At the time, there were just three confirmed cases. The virus would claim its first life the next day.
Since then, the government has gradually ratcheted up the restrictions. Today, the country is largely on lockdown, with non-essential businesses closed down, mass transit restricted and borders closed.
This is bullshit, of course. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lack of preparedness, slow response and almost no testing until a week ago has resulted in a disaster that is just beginning to unfold.
In a nutshell, Ukraine was unprepared, slow to act, did not test, trace and quarantine, did not use data and tech, was not aggressive, did not get the private sector very involved and failed to respect privacy.