We all live on this odd planet
called Earth.
We all breathe
we all eat
we all drink
we all sleep
we all love.
Yet somehow,
our eyes deceive us.
With hijacked brains,
our mouths spew the virus.
The virus’ name?
Discrimination.
Its effects are worldwide, even
infecting those overseas.
Being an airborne virus,
we were doomed the second it
manifested.
The cure is simple, really.
It lies in schools,
libraries,
diverse communities.
Even your phones.
You’d have to be lazy to
not seek it out.
The ingenious vaccine is called education.
Proven to be 100% effective,
it attacks what the virus thrives upon:
misunderstanding.
But if I’m being honest,
I don’t quite understand why
this virus is still a pandemic.
Perhaps because I’m mostly cured,
I can see the solution clearly.
It must be that the virus
sullies its hosts’ senses.
poor things.
I cannot force the vaccine upon the infected,
much like I could not force a flu or
measles or chicken pox vaccine
upon them.
Yet I worry.
How will we ever build
herd immunity if
the majority of the population
hasn’t received the cure?
How many more people must fall ill,
how many more people must suffer its effects directly
and indirectly until
the fear of no vaccination hulks
the fear of vaccination?
And can our odd little planet
survive long enough
to tell the tale?
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