Keep Calm and Carry On
What do we know about the Coronavirus
The real risks behind the panic and human bias
Now let’s look at the facts that we have to date.
It not great news, its spreading at an alarming rate.
Corvid 19 seems commonly the correct term to use.
Where it first came from is yesterday’s news
it started in China with bat wing surprise
Blatantly obscuring data with their terrible lies
We don’t know at this stage how fast it will evolve.
The government are hoping for a speedy resolve
With the common flu, people wisely kept their distance
In 2018 the Coronavirus was not in existence
they say the virus spreads like wild fly on the train.
Masks are no match for this deadly strain
Is this over the top these scaremongers fears
The flu bug has been around for many thousands of years
Who remembers the Spanish flu
That killed 200,000 brits and rapidly grew.
Now we have antibacterial gels and alcohol lotions
Its the minority few causing all the commotions
If you have a fever and a cough followed by shortness of breath.
Do not panic this isn’t the black death.
Where will it stop has the whole world gone crazy
latest news, the Maldives is affected but the details are hazy
The UK health minister is now in isolation
And this isn’t meant to panic this great British nation.
The best advice we have had which currently still stands.
Sing happy birthday whilst washing your hands
Forget getting a blood tests unless you have hours to spare
You can wait up to 4 hours, but nobody would care
The paranoia is starting to get beyond a joke
The whole things enough to make you start to cough and choke
We can listen to all sorts of advice and rumour mills galore
The truth of it is even our government is unsure
The latest I have heard, in weeks will be on lock down
Using anti-bacterial wipes from our toes to our crown.
Businesses already are starting to suffer.
The economist say it’s going to get a lot rougher
Amongst all this chaos the economy has been hit bad.
The stock market have seen the worst trading they have ever had
with Apple share prices dropping where will it stop
and try to find some toilet paper in your local supermarket or shop
Keep calm and carry on is the British way
I guess that’s easy enough for me to say
Quietly right so the whole world is worried
But the scientists coming up with a cure cannot be hurried.
to be concerned not hysterical seems fair to me.
Still nobody knows what the outcome will be
Copyright © Glen Fairbrother | Year Posted 2020
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