Cat Covid

 

Everyone is stressing about getting a jab to help their immune system fight off the Covid-19 Virus that came from Chinese bats. We were all happy with that scenario until.

The little spiky virus that we are all breathing and coughing and sneezing around is mutating. It is changing and spreading faster.

Will your shot or shots shield you from this new variation? Will you have to get another shot? Is there another shot?

How will it affect the kids? How will it affect the new borns? Will the quarantine every end?

It is easy to blame the bats. Bats are disgusting. They hang around in caves upside down all day and only come out at night to eat bugs. They are feared at being vampire. There is only one super hero as a bat.

Then there are reports that minks have the virus. Minks are cute but there are not that many of them. Solution is extermination. It is not social acceptable to wear mink anyway.

Then there is a report of the virus found in monkeys. Monkeys!! The ape family is just distant cousins. Most of the monkeys in this nation are behind cages (except for the ones driving on the highways) and can be studied by scientist with some scrutiny. However they got infected, they are locked up and away from human visitors (except handlers).

Then the thought of if this virus can infect a monkey in a cage, where else can it go?

While we all have been shuttered inside, we have found new ways to coop with loneliness and isolation. We find space in our closets for an office. We wire our kids to screens and rationalize it as educational time. We never get dressed. We never comb our hair. We watch hours of boring television and eat snacks all day. We cuddle with our pets.

Wait, cuddle with our pets? Is that safe?

You might not have a monkey for a pet or a mink still with its coat, but what about the rest of the animal kingdom?

We can’t kiss our grandma, but still enjoy getting slobbered all over by Fido or getting licks from Fluffy or Mister Boots. They might give comfort curled up on your lap, but (speculation) if they carry the deadly virus?

Sweet dreams.