Saturday, March 28, 2020

Laughter in the time of the coronavirus

I haven't been feeling humorous for some time now, but the coronavirus-induced panic worldwide has brought new occasions for (black-) humour. Two cartoons are reproduced below.



Thanks, Pupu and Swarnava.

And here's something that would have been uproarious if it hadn't been so horribly tragic: lots of people have gone blind or even died in Iran after drinking industrial alcohol (methanol) in the false hope spread by rumours that it can kill the virus. As the doctor says in the report, '(people) are even less aware of the fact that there are other dangers around.' Stupidity combined with panic, to name the deadliest one.