Alan S. Austin
Arizona Playwright • Writer • Poet
  

FLU SHOTS (9/01)

What sort of French farce are we living in? What's next in Act 3? Governor Ducey says it is vital for us to get flu shots.... last year flu shots were less than 50% effective. But it's OK to die from COVID-19. Wearing masks is optional, sort of, unless you are the Governor and we still have spare beds and ventilators. We have only had 202,000 cases of the disease and ONLY 5,031 people have died. Let's celebrate. It's only the poor and the old and the nurses and doctors and the essential low-wage workers who are at risk...Oh and maybe a few university students. All replaceable. And then we have our mad King stirring up as much trouble as possible to get himself elected as the candidate of law and order. He has his little finger on the button so perhaps a small nuclear device dropped on Portland or Kenosha would solve the problems. I've changed my mind about this being a French farce. This is Greek tragedy and it all ends badly. Stay in your bunkers folks and count your pennies and pass the ammunition.