The Daily Kos along with most of the other alternative media seems to be full of gloom and doom. Please note this diary is written in the standing tradition at the Daily Kos as an April Fool's humor diary, albeit this year in light of Covid 19, a black humor diary, the purpose of which is meant purely for entertainment purposes. This is a good humor sunshine diary, which invites you to pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile! Because some days in order to keep from crying you just have to laugh out loud at the stupidity that is happening around us all. Where the only people who seem to be making money are those hoarding supplies of toilet paper for resale.
Now that is not to say this isn't real and isn't serious, and isn't really, really serious, but it is also to say that the media has turned Covid 19 into a rating driven reality TV show, which is substantially rating's driven because money talks and other stuff walks. So yes it is time for a humor diary, albeit one written tongue firmly in cheek in the Dkos April Fool's tradition, pointing out along the lines of the old court jester the absurdity of what is happening around us, because the only people in the US today who can get away with telling the truth are comedians, ergo this comedic diary is here to entertain you. In doing so we ask the most salient question of all, what is it that we need besides toilet paper and more news industry talking heads scaring us all into hoarding yet more toilet paper! Who profits from that?
More industry expert analysis talking heads, who are experts in virology, infectious disease transmission, or is what America and indeed the world really needs is a meteorologist expert analysis, because sunlight that is to say, sun bright UV radiation kills viruses as the world's oldest and best known disinfectant, we know in about 2.5 minutes on certain surfaces like steel and railings and doorknobs etc.. We also know that as soon as it warmed up in Wuhan, China that is to say when it got to be over 17 degrees Celsius, the virus was de-activated and they began to recover causing toilet paper sales to plummet. The same thing happened in South Korea, but the World Health Organization ie WHO says we can't depend on the virus being seasonally affected, as it is a new virus and we don't know how it will react. Even though we're seeing how it reacts in China, in South Korea and basically in other places as well, so boo (so remember as I said boo to be very scared) who wants to believe you at the World Health Organization?
This seems to be reminiscent of what happened to Galileo during the Inquisition, when they forced him to recant and he said originally he doesn't expect anyone to believe him, but he expected people to believe their own observations and simply to say that if you see something and your eyes tell you that's what you are seeing then you should believe it.
Of course who knew and who cares what we think, or for that matter what we see. This is the same boo WHO who after the Swine Flu epidemic changed the definition of pandemic from a disease that causes a lot of deaths, more so than normally would be expected in a cold and flu season, to a disease that without causing large numbers of unexpected deaths, above the normal flu season to simply a disease that can be spread internationally quickly. WHO could have understood that? WHO knew. Well if no more people ass away than is expected in a normal flu season year, who cares, at least WHO says they really care. The question is what do they care about? Besides of course their funding which will have to be dramatically increased.
Then of course they tell us that you can't really believe that we are headed for an early spring, because we can't rely on that. Well can we say believe me that millions of wild and cultivated flowers all coming into bloom in the Western Hemisphere don't lie. Because who could ever believe that millions of flowers sticking up their heads and smiling at full bloom at us would lie about the arrival of spring. So the next time you go down the street and you see flowers around you in bloom, WHO sees what you saw and who cares what you think, when you mutter to yourself that spring is here! If you think spring being here will make a difference then WHO thinks you're an April fool!
Now of course there is the famous case of that fella who is the Mayor of Miami who I shall not name, who inside of an air conditioned building, (so as to create an artificial environment for transmission, whose mission it is to get you sick, but first to scare you into believing you are sick before you know WHO got you sick), in 86 degrees heat managed to contract the virus from an infected person. Ask yourself is that one off case constitute pandemic community transmission in Miami? Who would have thought that such a case could be used to poo poo you listening to anyone but boo WHO, which is.... see we told you it could be spread in 86 degrees Fahrenheit in Miami, Florida. So we cannot rely on the hot weather protecting us, the UV sunshine protecting us, the humidity protecting us.
Well let's quote Forest Gump who says “stupid is as stupid does!”
So what is smart, smart is to turn off the AC let the hot air in and that warm cushy blanket of humidity, both of which that virus hates indoors, and in your car. Now should you do that because a tongue in cheek humor diary suggested it, which was only written for entertainment purposes by some unpaid anonymous citizen journalist who nobody cares about, and who nobody knows. Well the answer is of course not, but as you can't get that information from the Western media maybe you should be looking for your infotainment somewhere else. I don't know Asia maybe. Here is a video put out by the Singapore Government, which is too complex for this dumb old cowboy to figure out but maybe who knows somebody could watch it and tell us what it means.
Cuz we don't know what it means and WHO knew you wouldn't either, but then again maybe you do or do you? Quick check of the temperature looks like Singapore is in their 80's. Now it doesn't look like they have any community transmission does it. WHO would have thought it. Now once in a while we keep having to say boo because we have to scare you, because we have to draw ratings here as well, even on this diary Daily Kos. Whoever would have thought it! That without your support no one else will have a chance to read this boo WHO diary.
For the rest of us stuck in places that are locked down sitting on the edge of our pit, lying and crying whoa is me boo WHO, WHO. Of course they are trying to scare us straight even in the tropics, where there seems to be no evidence of community borne pandemic transmission.
Now that isn't to say there isn't transmission, it is a question of is it pandemic? So consider this ray of sunshine when SARS disappeared in the summer it never came back. On the other hand please remember, that if you're visiting a zoo to be extra careful, that you don't accidentally fall into the lion cage or the crocodile pit, so you can get both of your legs bit off, so when a paramedic comes to rescue you, on the way to the hospital who has Covid 19 sneezes straight up your nose, so that by the time you expire at the hospital by your legs being eaten by that crocodile when the autopsy finds Covid 19 in your blood, they will list you as a Covid 19 fatality in all official registers in any country in the world, because they cannot differentiate between someone dying with Covid 19 instead of dying from Covid 19!
So WHO knew or whoever would have thought they would do such a thing, certainly not the for profit media, because they don't care who you are, they will never tell you the truth. By the way who cares about the truth. Being that most people who expire have one or multiple disease processes happening. So it doesn't matter what the cause of death is, you by the grace of WHO will be counted as a Covid 19 fatality.
Does that mean there is hope here. Boo WHO, you cannot allow yourself any rays of hope for the next maybe 18 months because that's what they say isn't it? Half the population of the United States is going to get it, that's a big scary boo at you, but the real question is, is it an even bigger boo WHO booboo, for all of you who don't speak humor diary booboo is a mistake, and a big booboo is a bigger mistake than WHO would have thought possible. But this is the kind of blurred speech that occurs when someone has their foot in their mouth, while trying to scare you by saying boo, but WHO knew that you would swallow it all by hoarding toilet paper. So here a message to all the toilet paper hoarders out there, by saying boo WHO on you! Of course by now all the preppers are having the last laugh watching us on their reality TV along with all those billionaire bunking dwelling folks or self isolating on their multi-million dollar yachts, or residing in vast, underground boo proof complexes with 5 years worth of toilet paper goodies, WHO could have imagined, WHO think the last laugh is on you and me.
Now the truth is no one knows what is actually going to happen, not even this humor diary, because we don't have a crystal ball, but that is exactly my point the so called experts don't have a crystal ball either. The difference is I just admitted it and they won't, but WHO knew they would do that. Well I guess the answer is nobody did but somebody does. Now did I just contradict myself, hmm wait a minute you mean I am not allowed to do that, because WHO knew I'm not an expert and it is only the experts WHO can contradict themselves, right!
When they tell us we cannot depend on sunshine being the ultimate disinfectant, because it is a new virus that no one has seen before, but if that is the case that means they have never seen it before either, which means they don't know it won't go away in the summer. Okay so remember to be scared, because we have to be reminded to be afraid and to be very afraid so boo to you. But what do people who are afraid do? If they have problems for some people can it be the straw that broke the camels back, while they say boo WHO on you too bad. Why does it have to be bad? Can't it also be good. Do we have to rob everyone of all hope everywhere all the time. Can we have any cautious optimism? Can we do anything to help each other bring on some rays of sunshine and hope of brighter days ahead. Well yes we can because we're Americans and we are citizens of the planet earth, we can say there is good reason for hope, because believe me millions of blooming wild flowers all across the Western Hemisphere don't lie, spring is here!
To those who say boo on you, we say no you don't get another boo boo free hallway pass from us. We are going to hold you accountable at election time for allowing the power of desperate people to be shut off, allowing them to be made homeless at a time of national emergency, particularly if you fail to bailout Main Street, the next time you set out bailing out the Wall Streeters. So there is solidarity, there is sunshine and there is hope. There is also something called reality, reality is according to WHO there were 1.5 million deaths worldwide because of Tuberculosis and nobody shut down any borders because of that. Isn't that something we should all be doing better on? The flu can kill between 30,000 to 70,000 Americans every year. Can't we do better there as well? Of course the numbers for Covid 19 are much lower worldwide, today it is believed to be at 294,110.
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
We should be doing better there as well, because every life lost is an extraordinary human tragedy. To those people who seek to troll an innocent humor diary, whose purpose isn't to claim any expertise or offer any medical advice, but is simply offered instead for entertainment purposes. To those who troll us I say boo WHO on you! Because brighter days are ahead. You shouldn't take the thing that most people need right now which is hope, as a bright shining light at the end of the tunnel. In the end we will come out of this thing, we always do, so please be careful, follow your doctor's medical advice and remember to smile! Because the hope of warm weather is on its way, as seen through millions of flowers, who can't lie. It's spring!
So if you have any words of hopeful encouragement, please share your comments with our readers, because at this time of crisis we all need to support each other.
Spreading hope is the human thing to do, because we're all in this thing together, so let's help each other out. Thanks in advance for your support.