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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a MUTANT T. ANNEXA WOLF SPIDER WITH COVID-19. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | This is | + | This is [[Randall|Randall's]] take on the hysteria in the media regarding the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|coronavirus outbreak}}. The disease caused by the virus was properly named {{w|Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19}} on 11 February 2020, as "{{w|coronavirus}}" is a category of viruses named for their appearance. So it is like calling a specific strain of flu ''The Influenza virus''. |
− | + | But with all the mass media hysteria going on, the name Coronavirus has been hammered in, so now the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus will always just be known as "coronavirus" making it difficult to discuss other types of coronavirus later on. | |
− | + | COVID-19 has a 20% hospitalization rate and a 2% death rate by current estimates, compared to a typical rate of around 0.1% for the flu in the US.[https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-myths.html] | |
− | In this comic, researchers [[Ponytail]], [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are discussing that it is by now too late to try calling the | + | In this comic, researchers [[Ponytail]], [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are discussing that it is by now too late to try calling the virus its official name COVID-19, as the name coronavirus has stuck. [[Cueball]] reacts with dismay, since there are many other types of coronaviruses. |
− | + | The comic becomes absurd when Ponytail compares the coronavirus naming to a "car eating spider" living on top of the skyscrapers of the town, which is also just called "The Spider" even though it is technically a mutated ''{{w|Tigrosa annexa}}'' {{w|wolf spider}}. Everyone know what you mean when you say "Coronavirus", as they do when you mention "The Spider". | |
− | + | [[Megan]] then asks if they should not also do something about the spider, but Ponytail and Cueball agree that they can only tackle one problem at a time, and coronavirus takes up all their time. Only thing is that Ponytail now takes another commute, probably to avoid getting her car eaten. | |
− | The | + | The point is that because of all the coverage of the Coronavirus all other world problems are pushed to the back of people's mind. And considering that the virus is likely not really that bad, most people recover faster than from the flu, this is a lot of fuss for nothing. And takes away resources from where they are more urgently needed. |
− | + | The title text references the health advice that people avoid touching their face with unwashed hands, in order to prevent infections that they picked up by touching things from entering their mucous membranes. (It's a lot easier for an infection to enter the body through the inside of your nose than your hands.) It is likewise quite important to keep giant spiders from touching your face, but for the dissimilar reason that they'll bite and eat you. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Megan is carrying a box with biohazard symbols on it towards a desk where Ponytail (wearing safety glasses) is working on a laptop, across from Cueball (also wearing safety glasses) who is putting a test tube into a | + | :[Megan is carrying a box with biohazard symbols on it towards a desk where Ponytail (wearing safety glasses) is working on a laptop, across from Cueball (also wearing safety glasses) who is putting a test tube into a centrifuge. There's also a flask on the desk.] |
:Ponytail: Feels like we missed the window for the "COVID-19" renaming. "Coronavirus" is just too catchy. | :Ponytail: Feels like we missed the window for the "COVID-19" renaming. "Coronavirus" is just too catchy. | ||
:Cueball: But it's not specific! There are a lot of coronaviruses. | :Cueball: But it's not specific! There are a lot of coronaviruses. | ||
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[[Category:Spiders]] | [[Category:Spiders]] |