Scientists down here at the nationally renowned E-Coli Institute, a South End lab and headquarters for research in viral diseases, recently discovered a new symptom for those infected with Covid-19. Besides loss of taste and smell, researchers found that 90% of new cases of positive coronavirus reported loss of humor. \u2018Not surprising,\u2019 claimed Dr. Laffsky, famed virologist from the Mabana Center of Immunology, \u2018given the recent election with not one but two winners for the office of President of the United States.\u2019 <\/p>\n
Obviously Doc Laffsky wasn\u2019t suffering himself from the virus. But the findings point up a problem with the Institute\u2019s etiology. Is loss of humor a symptom of the plague or is it more a corollary symptom of the political pandemic we\u2019ve been experiencing for years, prior even to the outbreak of Covid. Could it be that political stress has weakened our immune systems to the degree that the coronavirus had easy access to our population. When asked, Dr. Laffsky considered the notion. \u2018That would be like saying Donald Trump is an auto-immune disease on the body politic. It would be unheard of. A first in the history of viral epidemiology. If it were true, and I\u2019m not saying it is, it would be a breakthrough in medicine the equivalent of Louis Pasteur\u2019s discoveries.\u2019<\/p>\n
The good doctor paused in our interview, jotted down some quick notes and said it could essentially be Nobel prize-worthy before hurrying to his laboratory to make a call he said he\u2019d forgotten. \u2018But what about the loss of humor?\u2019 this reporter yelled to him as he retreated down the antiseptic halls of the Institute.
\n\u2018Knock knock,\u2019 Doc Laffsky called back. \u2018Who\u2019s there?\u2019 I replied, playing his game. \u2018Funny bone,\u2019 he said, turning the corner out of sight. I thought I heard him, but barely, answer himself, \u2018Funny bone you should ask.\u2019 <\/p>\n
I decided then and there to get myself tested as soon as possible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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