Ukrainian People's Deputy Natalia Korolevska of the Opposition Bloc party was without a protective mask at a Verkhovna Rada session, but wore gloves and a “from coronavirus” badge. The photo was published on Facebook by journalist Oleksiy Lypovetskyi.
“Today's Rada agenda: a goby! People's Deputy Natalia Korolevska received gobies as a gift today (probably from Odesa). But what is more interesting in this photo is that Natalia trusts coronavirus badges (which her colleagues in the Russian Duma love so much) more than an ordinary mask on her face,” the journalist wrote.
“Anti-coronavirus” badges in the shape of a white cross on a black background have begun to be worn by deputies of the Russian State Duma, supposedly to “scare off the virus.” When sold, such badges are described as a “personal protective equipment.”
The badge is supposedly necessary for “disinfecting and deodorizing the air and objects in the area of human breathing using a new chlorine dioxide formula.” The radius of action of such “protection” is 1 meter.
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