Here Comes Delta

Tired of hearing news about COVID?

You THOUGHT it was going away? Not true.

You might be tired of hearing about it,

But it's not tired of hearing about you.

 

The Delta variant is spreading here

At what we see is a frightening speed.

In other words, what we are seeing

Is a Delta-strain stampede.

 

Fifty-eight percent of current

Cases here are Delta related.

The seriousness of the spreading virus

Can in no way be overstated.

 

Meet Blake B. from the state of Georgia,

Only 24-years old.

He thought he would wait for his

Vaccination, when lo and behold

 

He came down with COVID and has

Spent three months in a hospital bed.

He needed a double-lung transplant,

And who knows what else lies ahead?

 

COVID's an opportunistic virus;

It doesn't respond to demands and orders.

It seeks out fertile territories

And pays no attention to labels and borders.

 

Recently, Missouri has been

In big trouble, for COVID is spreading.

The situation there is precisely

What most of the experts have been dreading.

 

Florida's also being hit hard.

And yet some wear T-shirts that read

"Don't Fauci my Florida!"--

A rather stupid saying indeed.

 

You could survive the virus; however,

Long-haul COVID is still a concern.

You may think you're ahead of the game,

But don't forget: the tables may turn.

 

Misinformation spreads as fast

As COVID does, which is depressing.

Social media seems to have

Become more of a curse than a blessing.

 

But masks and social distancing

Are both still effective means

To stay protected from the virus

Without or even WITH vaccines.

 

Knowing that COVID's preventable

Now that we have a vaccination

Should make everybody want

To put an end to the devastation.

-by Bob B (7-15-21)