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I think I sneezed a little bit two days ago.
💉💉 It’s covid variant time again! Yesterday, the UK Independent ran a terrifying article headlined, “Covid XEC: What are the symptoms of new virus strain?” They didn’t name it, but this eve-of-Halloween variant needs a scariant name. How about Frankenweenie?
Stop ignoring covid! Frankenweenie is a terrifying new variant demanding your attention. They’re not kidding this time. This hideous variant includes horrifying symptoms such as: mild fever, aches, fatigue, cough, and even potentially a sore throat!
It could happen to you. Or grandma!
Haha, okay, you get it. My favorite headline about this current Frakenweenie variant came in just this morning. Behold, the unintentional hilarity, or maybe even a secret sarcastic rebellion, dished out by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s headline editor:
COVID-19 and flu cases are down,
making it the perfect time to get
vaccinated
There’s less covid, so get more shots! It actually makes perfect sense applying pandemic logic.
Adding more hilarity, the article admitted that (a) covid cases are down, (b) current variants are less severe than ever, and (c) vaccine-induced immunity doesn’t last long and won’t stop infections. But still, get the shot! Why? Because, explained the Post-Dispatch, the shot temporarily reduces “severe” covid and temporarily stops long covid. (Author’s note: years later, there remains no agreed-upon definition of ‘long covid,’ and there is not one diagnostic test for the disease. Just saying.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/mutant-covid-variant-flirt-even-more-resistant-to-human-immune-systems-report
Next COVID variant: Obsession by CDC