On the off chance, you survived your family Christmas festivities or first few evenings of Hanukkah with your psyche still intact. Fear not because I am here to Debbie-Downer you right back into reality. Leveling you off to the average cruising altitude of post-holiday dread and regret that most adults suffer during the last few days of the year. Now, before you go and start thanking me for returning you to the real world safely, I wouldn’t count your chickens before they hatch, at least not until you properly put your n95 mask on and cover-up their peckers.
FOR THE FULL PBS ARTICLE QUOTED CLICK THE LINK https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/bird-flu-virus-likely-mutated-within-louisiana-patient-who-became-severely-ill-cdc-says
Just when you thought the COVID-19 PTSD was finally wearing off and the social distancing flashbacks were forever gone. News of a mutating virus has you fondly remembering the pre-pandemic days. Way back when life was simpler, the days before Elon Musk’s political presence and the cost of living stopped making any rational sense. That was until we heard similar reports of a viral mutation found in bats, spreading across the globe like wildfire. It went from human to human faster than the latest Blake Lively gossip went viral. That’s what is so alarming about the recent update on the pigeon cold going around the coup.
You’d hope we would remember the lessons learned from the last 100-year outbreak only four short years later. However, living in the age of instant gratification, anything over 24 hours old is ancient history. The only problem with that logic is learning from our mistakes protects us when history repeats itself, as it does. Just imagine if getting blackout drunk didn’t come along with a debilitating hangover. You wouldn’t think twice about getting back on the booze wagon the very next day and heading right back to the corner of drunk and forgetful.
FOR THE FULL CNN ARTICLE QUOTED CLICK THE LINK https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/27/health/cdc-bird-flu-virus-mutations-analysis/index.html
Well, onto the glass-half-full side of things, perhaps Dr Birx’s stamp of approval isn’t as highly sought after these days. Seeing as it was she who co-signed Donald Trump’s assertion that bleach would make all things Coronavirus disappear. (Leaving no traces of the deadly virus or a pulse in patients post Clorox consumption) After Birx sat idly by and refused to add a much needed presidential mic drop during his historic Covid-presser. by not throwing Trump’s microphone off the wall and breaking it into a thousand pieces. In retrospect, maybe Birx was merely showing confidence in Darwinism and the natural selection process. Or whatever other excuse she employs to help her sleep soundly at night.
In Today’s Palate Cleanser, we have some Instant Karma in the form of street justice. So the next time you commit a hit-and-run and then proceed to flip off your victims, make sure to keep your eyes on the road at all times.
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