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Thanks to her vigorous response to a swine-flu panic she herself manufactured, however, Tymoshenko has been steadily catching up, nearly halving the gap in the polls. Outfoxed, Yanukovich tried to return the parry by ordering more surgical masks, but the damage was already done.
From an NPR article discussing the swine flu panic in Ukraine and how it affected the current presidential race between Tymoshenko and Yanukovych. If this was a political gimmick by the prime minister it didn't dramatically affect the polls, she's still behind Yanukovych. There is also no telling how the panic will affect voter sentiment next month, how kindly will voters look on someone who unnecessarily frightened them? The prime minister is overplaying her hand by continuing to push the panic button, excerpt below from Bloomberg. The prime minister refers to the vetoed bill for funding the swine flu epidemic. “If he does not sign the law, it means he wants to introduce a state of emergency and postpone presidential elections because of that,” Timoshenko responded during a government meeting.
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