IT'S NOT!!!
(by R.P.Edwards)
It's not
IT'S not!
IT'S Not!
IT'S NOT!
IT'S NOT THE SPANISH FLU!
And though they're desperate to compare
It simply isn't true
For one, the killer from long ago
The healthy oft did take
And as it spread
Most quickly dead
With millions in its wake...
I sympathize with the fearful. I'm well acquainted with this emotion. BUT, I don't fear Covid 19 (or the Coronavirus, or the Chinese virus; whatever you want to call it). Why? two reasons: 1.The Lord promises certain protections for the believer (no plague shall come near your dwelling, Psalm 91) And 2. This "strain" is not nearly as deadly as the hype ever heaped upon us portrays; and it's certainly NOT like the Spanish flu, which exterminated more than five times the American casualties of its contemporary killer; WWI.
But, I get the caution. I get the knee-jerk reflex associated with the "models" of death. BUT, we've been into it for a while now and it's time to reassess and not continue to spout the "could have been" when it's clear it would NOT have been.
Of course, the comparison to the great killer of a century past also breaks down in a more vile and devilish way: namely, SOME today are rooting for a serious wounding of our nation to further their godless agendas. This our ancestors did not do.
The poem continues:
...But ours is weak
A minor tweak
Afflicting very few
But fear is sown
And power grown
To enslave the common YOU!
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