The Game-Changing Virus

[kyonides]

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The Game-Changing Virus

Written by Kyonides

Chapter I: The Surprise

The coronaviruses have been one of the worst families in history. They do not visit us quite often but when they do, people always get involved against their will. If they were human, they would be called serial killers by any police force on Earth. That is exactly why they are worse than murderers, the viruses do not make mistakes as human beings do so we can take advantage of such flaw. Their disappearance might be attributed to good luck or the Providence more than a vaccine.


I would not dare to disregard the laboratories’ efforts to produce the badly needed cure, it is just that we cannot completely trust them. Even if they find the cure, it might be too expensive for poor countries or they might prefer to distribute it in developed countries first, leaving the rest of the world in danger of facing a epidemic they cannot fully control. Money makes tough decisions against common sense’s or good will’s attempts to be democratic.


Several decades ago there was a Costa Rican president that spoke like a real madman. He once stated that the world desperately needed World War III because it was overcrowded. If he were living nowadays and were able launch missiles, he might not think it twice before pressing the red button and erasing any trace of civilization in a foreign country. That was the kind of leader his children idolize and his partisans adore. Don Pepe also robbed four million colones back then, a sum consider to be quite a large one in those times where you could by a good car with five thousand colones only. His followers fail to recall that part of the country’s history for some mysterious reason…


Now bring that little story to the XXI century and imagine how many Westerners started suspecting China was behind the second SARS strain that took the world by surprise. I do not blame them, I might be one of its supporters after all, he, he. Since the Chinese government always hides its criminal activities unless they hate a fellow communist leader, it is a rare sight to find any headline telling us they are arresting or executing a partisan for stealing large sums of public funds or sending minorities to concentration camps for the so called re-education “they urgently need” that teaches them how to blindly accept Beijing’s orders without question.


Every single time Chinese politicians complain about racism or exclusion, I think about all those Taiwanese and Uighurs that are not free to live they way they want to because China never fails to block their path, to prevent them from accessing services or getting represented adequately and to punish them harshly just because they are not Han. They export deadly deceases and blame other countries for doing anything they can do to stop the virus spread. Why do they not improve their health system coverage before they start criticizing other nations?


Do not worry, I do not care if China declares me as a public enemy for exposing their wrongs. Japan or South Korea are better destinations by far. You are free to add a smiling face emoticon here.


No, Chinese are not the only irresponsible country out there, Mexico could be the second most irresponsible land for spreading viruses. Why do I make such a virulent claim? It is because my own country was exposed to the swine flu thanks to Mexican tourists and residents that arrived at the Costa Rican airport without getting tested in their own country for the flu. A few people passed away because of our government’s good faith.


I know, Mexicans yelled for the way they were mistreated even in China. What an incredible irony, do you not think? The sad truth is that it was their own fault, they did not care about hygiene, at least not enough as to prevent their citizens from infecting innocent people. Sometimes I strongly believe they should be sued for their blatant negligence. Mexico is not Nigeria or Uganda where politicians are so corrupt as to order the killing of any specific ethnic group and they got oil that which gains can be invested in public health so they got no valid excuse not to test people’s health whenever a health warning has been issued locally or worldwide.


Now here comes the part that will make you think I am a first degree hypocrite of sorts and I would not mind at all. You see, I had been convinced a few years ago of carrying a extremely dangerous virus to kill a dangerous person, one that some group of experts on politics, religion and other matters had labeled as a potential candidate for the title of the Antichrist. I was promised to be immune to this new virus for it had been genetically engineered in a highly specialized laboratory in a way that would only infect that guy and his family. Actually I still got to check out if that is true…


From quite some time I have been suspecting failure is almost guaranteed in our case so I do not expect to succeed the first time I meet our target. That will not stop me from trying to infect any of his family members a second or third even tenth time. You see, even my own decease should not be an obstacle, another candidate might soon follow my steps. I am pretty sure of that, we have got a very strong conviction. We will not desist under any dire circumstances until we get rid of all those menaces to our long-awaited world peace.


Every other weekend I go to bed and feel so uncomfortable with the very idea of… Nevermind, a neighbor I definitely hate has arrived. It is better for your servitor to abruptly stop writing about this for the time being. We never ever know when he or his couple will activate their listening device to spy on my computer or phone calls, again. 
 

Pardon me, my readers! It was a false alarm so to say. No, I was right about him, it is just that he did not stay long enough to keep me from using my fingers as my deadly pens. You got to be right if you think my hands will be tainted in red. Nope, I am not saying I will start a bloodshed, I just hate when my friend uses my computer to send some urgent email whenever her WiFi connection sucks. You see, she loves to sport her flashy red nails, he, he.

To Be Continued...

Someday I guess...