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It's Just Not Fair

Powerful Weapons Systems Marvels of Technology Vast Communication Networks Fabulously Wealthy Financiers The Latest in Robotic Technology The Greatest Minds of our Times All Aligned against an itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie bug

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Panagiota Romios

Date: 3/27/2020 10:20:00 AM

There will be an answer and watch how quickly the public will forget. . It is the drama of it all we both fear and cherish. . Follow the rules, we will be fine. Belief is a huge factor, methinks. PR

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/27/2020 3:11:00 PM

A wisdom-filled comment. Thanks for the truth. ~ gw

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 3/26/2020 9:44:00 AM

Hi Gershon, you are so righT - man has gone to the moon and in a few years is to go to Mars yet no vaccine to fight this itsy bitsy teenie-weenie bug, which has more strength than all you mention in your poem - scary my friend - We will be fine though. we are troupers and please God we all listen to our Presidents and Prime Ministers and each other, to stay indoors for 3 weeks. I think this is as always a clever poem Gershon but also so true! Hugs, Jennifer.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/26/2020 5:53:00 PM

So scary to dwell on it.. But it's like you said: If we really cooperate in this effort, we will flatten that curve, as happened in S. Korea. Let's go for it, Jennifer! Blessings, Gershon

Sandra Adams

Date: 3/25/2020 11:52:00 PM

an invisible bug that a civilization so medically advanced cannot combat...such a scary thought isn't it? what can we do but pray that it leaves as we watch it overcoming a whole world... it's spreading so fast and there are so many more than we even know of with the lack of testing! hugs and blessings my friend!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/26/2020 5:50:00 PM

We are helpless against a brand-new bug. That's clear. Somehow there has to be a 'guiding principle' that governs all viruses, and that discovery of that principle will lead to the ability to respond dramatically faster and (more) effectively. Just give me the reins of this project and watch us go. Hahahaha. I'm as much of a medical researcher as you are a a piano mover. Nice to dream though --- and let someone else do the hard work... ~ Dreamy

Kenneth Cheney

Date: 3/25/2020 10:30:00 AM

Ah yes, but that old "lytic cycle" peddles fast, not to mention elusively, and we just find ourselves a few steps behind. Interesting write.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/25/2020 11:48:00 AM

Yes, a day late and too many dollars short. Thanks, Kenneth. ~ Gershon

Jenish Somadas

Date: 3/25/2020 12:41:00 AM

lol.. Well written.. The pride of human shattered like a glass vessel.. Bow down to nature..

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/25/2020 11:47:00 AM

Yup. We don't stand a chance against the Will of the Master. Thanks, Jenish. :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/24/2020 10:24:00 PM

It is unbelievable. Feels like bioterrorism to me. The second person in my county died of it today.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/25/2020 11:46:00 AM

It does feel like terrorism and in a way it is. Hope the Chinese government gets what's coming to it somehow. Best wishes, Gershon

Sheri Evans

Date: 3/24/2020 9:54:00 PM

Well written. It is mind boggling that we're this far behind but can go to the moon, etc. Thumbs up!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/25/2020 11:37:00 AM

Yup, you're right. It's all a matter of priorities + sheer will. Thanks, Sheri.

Kelli White

Date: 3/24/2020 9:47:00 PM

Unfortunately it is a retrovirus like Ebola,h1n1, hiv. Constantly changing to maintain its existence and corrupt its host. Well done GW

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/25/2020 11:31:00 AM

Thank you for commenting and for the support, Kelli! :) gw