It’s not funny
We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine. Donald Trump, President of the United States. January 22, 2020.
Everyone is going to die. There is no point in escaping from that, in escaping from reality. We have to stop being a country of sissies. Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil. November 20, 2020.
The Trickster and the Pandemic
The Trickster had an idea. What if he spread a deadly disease no one could see?
What if leaders said: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. It’s going to be just fine.” (Donald Trump. January 22, 2020)? And, “No one will die of coronavirus in our country. I publicly declare this.” (President Lukashenko of Belarus) Or, “The virus is out there and we will have to face it, but like men, damn it, not like kids.” (Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil)
mbfitzmahan. Tokyo, Japan. 2021. (Billboard in downtown Tokyo from the city government warning “Stay home from work, from restaurants, and keep your distance until the end of the summer.”)
What if scientists found a cure, but half the people refused to get it? “One in five Americans believes the US government is using the COVID-19 vaccine to microchip the population.”
As of September 28, 2021 there have been 691,000 U.S. deaths since February 2020. The COVID 19 Pandemic is America’s deadliest. The 1918 flu killed 675,000 people. And the Trickster is not finished, yet. 45% of Americans have not been vaccinated.
The Trickster thinks this is fun.
I don’t.
Photo and words: Maureen Fitzmahan
Maureen is a founding member of the Art Junket (2014-2022)