The Monkeypox Plague Is Coming, and It’s Scary
Oh my GOD! I read the news this morning, and it’s f*cking scary!! Another plague is coming our way, and we’re doing nothing to prevent it.
Did we learn ANYTHING from the past three years?
We should have. It feels like it lasted fifty years, and that’s plenty of time to define our strategy, increase the number of healthcare workers, and INVEST in our future instead of helping billionaires buy mega-yachts and build rockets.
My Grandma luckily survived the pandemic. I’m grateful and think right now of all the people who can’t say the same.
She was scared the whole time, didn’t meet her great-grandchildren in real life for fifteen months, and lost contact with many of her friends, too uncomfortable with zoom and other modern means of communication.
How crazy is this?
We could have done much more to avoid all this mess. That’s sad. But the most horrible part is that we didn’t get any better. We didn’t learn anything.
Seriously.
I went to the supermarket earlier today, and the toilet paper aisle was EMPTY. Again. People are already hoarding toilet paper — shaking my head right now.
Is Boris Johnson already organizing his next lockdown party as well?!
Our elected representatives are responsible for all this.
Instead of focusing on their re-election, they should think of their constituents. That’s why we put them into office. With our hard-earned money, we give elected people the time to think — rationally — about our problems. We buy them the freedom to think of solutions.
And what did they do instead?
- USA: They bought stocks “in remote-work technology, telemedicine companies, pharmaceutical makers currently developing potential vaccines, …”
- UK: They broke the pandemic restrictions. Repeatedly.
- Canada: They went for “tropical vacations over the winter holiday” while asking people to stay at home. Of course.
The list goes on.
No matter the country, you can find politicians telling us to do as they say, not as they do.
Let’s hope for a miracle and more rational treatment of the monkeypox virus.
Disclaimers and backstory
I wrote this article in less than an hour (and it shows).
My goal was to surf the #monkeypox hashtag trend and get some views. I don’t know anything about the monkeypox virus and its potential consequences. Please consult a reliable source of information to form your opinion on the topic. Good luck. It’s not easy to find.
I made up the toilet paper anecdote. All the links about politicians not respecting their guidelines are authentic.
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