Addicted to Covid-19
Covid started as a virus, it has now morphed into an addiction. We chat Covid, we Zoom Covid, we Skype Covid, we email Covid and we WhatsApp Covid. My addiction is nerve-racking: as soon as I get out of bed, I grab my cell phone to check the latest coronavirus developments. Among my immediate concerns are the spread of the virus, the number of deaths, the expansion of new hotspots, the evolution of the R factor in Europe, the hottest academic finding on the virus behavior, Dr. Fauci’s latest warnings, the progression of the hydroxychloroquine hysteria and the coverage of the face mask disgrace, etc. Meanwhile, I desperately avoid to breath Covid, a death certificate in my tropical dystopia. Brazil is the 6 th worst affected country by cases and fatalities, 260 000 and 18 000 respectively, still counting. I also check the development of Brazil’s other virus, President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, the most toxic Covid denier in the world. The ...