Ah, the "Before Times,” when people actually believed in science, and education wasn't frowned upon. Suck air, my friends. Feel the zeitgeist of those relaxing and lazy times. Taste the oxygen my friends. We were so carefree in those days before.
True, there was a hint of trouble, gliding down a golden escalator and into our faces, but we managed to hold things together as HE took over the awesome power left in his hands courtesy of a cadre of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram trolls from Russia who coordinated the release of hacked emails which was helped along by the unenviable own goaler, James Comey at the FBI.
Yes, suck air, that glorious gas called oxygen which allows us to remain alive. We got thru the 4 long, long, years of inexperience, ineptitude, and indifference, matched up with greed - all with a stunning lack of scruples. Suck air, my friends.
Suck air. It's delicious to be alive isn't it? During those 4 years we endured so much angst and disappointment in our government, society, and courts, as HE began campaigning for the next election pretty much right after they got the confetti and balloons cleaned up after the inauguration. Rallies followed one after another. Whenever he wasn't playing golf at one of his clubs, he was on the road to and from these “Ha ha I Won” meetups with his adoring fans. The national media were mostly gobsmacked by the win followed by HIS absolute disinterest in actually doing the job. Suck air again, and again.
Yes, suck air, as we entered the last year of his term and he ramped up his Rallies, a bat virus mutated enough to cross over into humans who found it decidedly deadly and contagious. So contagious that it infected legions of people, including tourists, who took it back home with them only to share it with everyone there, including even more tourists who, in turn, took it home with them. Suck air, suck air, my brothers and sisters.
For whatever reasons, HE did nothing to fight the viral invasion and, in fact, enabled it to spread even further by denying it was a problem. When the virologists and geneticists quickly succeeded in developing three effective vaccines to stop the contagion, HE repeatedly and publicly stated they were unneeded because it was “just the flu" and it was therefore worthless and wasn't ready or tested anyway. Suck air friends, suck more air.
Breathe deeply my friends. The virus prospered greatly, matured, and changed, to better spread itself among the populace as HIS followers parroted HIS phrases of learning and refused to even consider wearing a mask, or washing their hands, (breathe deep, again and again) or being at all cautious and considerate about infecting others. In fact, it was a vast sign of weakness and disrespect of HIM to take any precautions at all to avoid the virus. It (suck air again) became mandatory for HIS supporters to gather in groups and share the “just the flu” virus as widely as possible, besides, if you took a turn for the worse, you could always go to the hospital ER and they'd fix you up. It is, after all, “just the flu."
Suck air, brother and sisters, suck air. This filled the ERs and the rest of the Hospitals so that other sick people who didn't have “just the flu” who needed to go to the hospitals couldn't, since they were all full of HIS followers, all with cases of “just the flu.” Many of those people grew sicker and some even died because they couldn't get treatment at the hospital because of the number of “just the flu” patients.
Suck more air, and more again. The hospitals ran out of the machines called "ventilators" which breathed for patients with “just the flu” whose lungs filled over and over with fluids and dying lung tissue while the “not the flu” also attacked their kidneys, liver, brain and elsewhere in their bodies. The nurses and doctors worked very long hours because there were so many “just the flu” patients and many doctors and nurses caught it and died as did the cleaning staff and anyone who came in unprotected contact with the patient or their things. The rest kept coming to work anyway and spend each day praying, begging, trying, not to have any “just the flu” patients die on their shift.
Suck air. It's really tasty, and it's absolutely wonderful that it isn't being forcibly pumped down your throats into your sick, injured, and dying lungs….. as you are being slowly tortured to death by “just the flu"
Isn't it.
- Get vaccinated (Both doses when needed),
- wear a mask everywhere,
- wash your hands obsessively,
- stay a safe distance apart and avoid crowded indoor spaces.