{"id":64202,"date":"2020-06-27T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=64202"},"modified":"2020-06-30T23:46:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T03:46:08","slug":"doing-the-covid-19-bop-making-this-menace-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/doing-the-covid-19-bop-making-this-menace-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing the COVID-19 Bop\u2014Making this Menace Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the <em>swarm<\/em> as we explore solutions to the world-wide plague,<\/p>\n<p>That dastardly virus COVID-19, for which solutions are admittedly vague.<\/p>\n<p>Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization do lag<\/p>\n<p>on presenting-fixes to the pandemic\u2019s problems while the economy drags&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>no masks, then you must wear masks, the so-called authorities do proclaim.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, many disregard this sage advice\u2014sans masks\u2014with distain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, the COVID-plague makes the disaffected P. C. populace very restless,<\/p>\n<p>And spiraling into a Deep Depression, it certainly makes the economy lag.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First, they said let us flatten the curve in a space of a few locked-down weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Then, any uptick in the number of cases meant an extension of this deadline<\/p>\n<p>else an upsurge of deaths rivaling the Bubonic Plague then perilously sweeps.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the only sure-fire resolution that would make everything all so fine<\/p>\n<p>was to distance safely those venturing out a mandatory six-feet-apart in line.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we were to wash our hands in running water, vigorously scrubbing<\/p>\n<p>while belting out \u201cHappy Birthday to You\u201d else the apocalypse was coming.<\/p>\n<p>So what could be the answer to this menace the wise now passionately seek?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, the COVID-plague makes the disaffected P.C. populace very restless,<\/p>\n<p>And spiraling into a Deep Depression it certainly makes the economy lag.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow the lead of public health medics those who fought the 1918 Spanish Flu:<\/p>\n<p>Quarantine those most likely to die from the virus is what everyone should do\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The elderly, the morbidly obese, those with hyper-tension, and Diabetes Two.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, improve everyone\u2019s odds of making COVID-19 less severe\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Getting lots of Vitamin D, so they catch a less severe case within this year.<\/p>\n<p>That is a common-sense solution of what every one of us should now do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, the COVID-plague makes the disaffected P C. populace very restless,<\/p>\n<p>And spiraling into a Deep Depression, it certainly makes the economy lag.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Listen to the swarm as we explore solutions to the world-wide plague, That dastardly virus COVID-19, for which solutions are admittedly vague. Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization do lag on presenting-fixes to the pandemic\u2019s problems while the economy drags&#8211; no&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64202"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77767,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64202\/revisions\/77767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}