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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

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Date: 3/11/2020 5:02:00 PM
you've covered all the bases, glen, and have done so very poetically! well done...
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Glen Fairbrother
Date: 3/11/2020 6:01:00 PM
Thank you my first attempt at poetry

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