Editor’s Note:

Alert UBN reader Petro Matiaszek notes that parts of the government’s Diia app are open to non-Ukrainians. But the app is entirely in Ukrainian. In short, it is easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a foreigner to get vaccinated in Ukraine. Next month, I take my family to the US, where my home state, Massachusetts, has set up MassVax. Massachusetts’ 71% vaccination rate is bested only by its goody-two-shoes northern neighbor, Vermont, with 74% rate. To knock out the socialists in Bernie Sanders land, MassVax is running a lottery based on greed. Fully vaccinated residents can register for top prizes of $1 million each. Why waste my time deciphering Diia? With Best Regards, Jim Brooke