It is safe to say that not even blue bowl swirling sanctuary states are likely to impose aggressive non-pharmaceutical measures should the Razor Blade Sore Throat variant of COVID find significant traction in their liberal ghettoes.
Useless mask-wearing seems likely, recommended, not so much required, though that remains to be seen. The Tyrannical tick is ever present in the minds of the Left. They are not ones to miss an opportunity to identify who the sheep are, or may still be. Lots of folks are done with the e sheeple thing when it comes to public “health emergencies,” but some never stopped. I was in a local grocery store yesterday and saw a handful of people still doing it wrong (masking).
As useless as masking it, we could argue that it serves one true purpose: Self-identifying Proglodytes, Demorrhoids, hypocrats, or those inclined to follow their lead. Yes, a few will have a reason: persistent coughing is one of the few public health uses, or maybe they’re ugly and they know it (clap your hands!).
I bring it up because the media has once again dipped its toe in that brackish COVID water, as reported surveillance cases for the latest variant pop up in the Continental US.
If we zoom into the map with a focus on New England, we see cases reported in Providence (RI), Boston (MA), and Burlington (VT).
As of June 19, the NB.1.8.1 strain has been detected in at least 15 states, according to a map of data posted by the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data database.
Don’t Panic.
Razor blade sore throat is apparently its primary symptom and I’d like to know who has had razor blades in their throat and COVID NB.1.8.1. That seems as scientifically relevant as “tastes like shit” except that someone probably has tasted shit and lived to tell the tale.
I’m more curious about it being a lab-leaked subvariant of an engineered bioweapon that results in flu case spikes in the FRIKKIN SUMMERTIME! Oh, and it started in China AGAIN!
Cue mad Sino-Scientists in lab coats talking to the one guy who got razor blades in their throat and lived to tell the tale. Halloween candy accident survivor from 1974. It looked like an ordinary apple.
Never fear.
Evidence from previous encounters with COVID and its mutated offspring suggests that arson and looting have been shown to reduce the attention the media pays to it. That’s key. As for claims, the latest booter may be effective. Scientists in Japan just did an end run around their government to release a report it didn’t want the public to see.
Among those presenting the data was Dr. Yasufumi Murakami, vice director of the Research Center for RNA Science at Tokyo University of Science and an author of over 100 scientific publications. Dr. Murakami’s blunt conclusion: “The more doses you get, the sooner you’re likely to die.”
But we’ll be on the lookout for evidence of petty tyrants and rising COVID-induced despotism. Those are, after all, the greater risk to public health and the only things we need to treat “aggressively” (at the ballot box) before they are allowed to get out of control.
All without arson, assault, or vandalism.
