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Wild Lion*esses Pride by Jay's avatar

Mersault, this is a masterpiece—satirical, searing, and tragically precise. Thank you for giving the virus a voice so disturbingly honest I almost checked my temperature twice while reading. Your pen is sharper than any spike protein, and the microbial choir you’ve summoned sings a terrifyingly true requiem for common sense.

Reading this from Germany, I’m torn between grim laughter and relief. Yes, we’ve got our own "health freedom" crusaders here too—the Telegram evangelists, the homeschooling dreamers, the biodynamic anti-vaxxers who think measles builds character and mRNA rewrites your soul. They're loud. They're relentless. They’re convinced they’ve out-reasoned epidemiology with a ten-minute podcast and a vitamin D capsule.

And yet… they’re mostly stuck in neutral.

Because here, school is compulsory. *Compulsory.* No “I’ll just teach them about herbs and herd immunity from the sofa” loopholes. And—bless our bureaucratic hearts—we’ve got mandatory measles vaccination for school-aged children. No jab, no classroom. Cry “dictatorship” all you want while stamping your feet in your organic clogs—your child still gets vaccinated for the good of the *solidarity-based community*. And if you want to raise them in the shadows, far from the “evil influence of public health,” the law says: *nein.*

That doesn’t mean we’re safe, of course. The same anti-science rot simmers here too—just slightly more restrained by paperwork. The internet flattens continents, and fear spreads faster than any variant.

But your piece? It’s a call to arms (preferably bared and ready for a booster). I’m grateful for your relentless clarity. Keep writing. Keep piercing. Some of us are still listening—with masks on and sleeves rolled up.

Vaccinated Grüße from Germany.

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Elizabeth Atkinson's avatar

As an environmental biologist who dabbles in microbiology, I am extremely concerned about Bobby McMeasles actions and attitudes about science. He needs to be deposed immediately. How did he ever get this job? He's unqualified to wash glassware.

This was a wonderful letter from a virus. I didn't enjoy it, exactly, the information was too scarily spot on. But I would love to send a copy to McMeasles himself. If only he remembers how to read...the brain worm won't allow it.

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