The covid pandemic hasn’t been like the post-apocalypse movies – you know, those end-of-the-world scenarios where panicked mobs take the streets to pillage stores & hunt down one another in the struggle for survival. At least not yet. People have gotten steamed up, some reactionary noisiness about masks, vaccines with finger-pointing blame & some calling out profit mongering. Let’s face it if the pandemic wasn’t making someone lots of $ it would be ignored.
People are confused by science. One day one of the vaccines isn’t safe for over sixty, then another day it is safe but not safe for under 50’s, or at least not safe if you female between the ages of 30-40, but now safe for over over 60’s regardless of gender. Were safety protocols rushed to get it on the market? No, that would never happen.
Here in Ontario the numbers are confusing & ultimately ignored. The number of vaccines given hasn’t brought the numbers of infected down, in fact it has gone up. The biggest jump has been in schools but we can’t close them because parents need to work now that more businesses are being reopened because we have to get the economy moving so the tax base is large enough to pay for the vaccines, or something like that.
The economy has to recover so politicians can be re-elected with enough of a majority that can protect the profit margins of those already making $ off the pandemic. You know those banks who get a fee every time you use your debit/credit card because most retailers no longer accept cash because cash is riddled with potential disease. You pay a fee & the merchant pays a fee – win/win for the banking industry. How much do they pay into the tax base?
I did get my vaccine as soon as my age bracket was allowed. Booked it on line but first entering my postal code, it directed me to the nearest temporary clinic where I continued the process with birth date, health card number & it was done. Took about fifteen minutes. I did that on a Saturday & appointment booked for Tuesday, 10:20 a.m. Got there on the Tuesday by 10, lineups moving fairly quickly. More registration confirmations etc. Got the shot by 10:30.
I was given the vaccine info after the shot. I got the Pfizer – apparently the #1 rated, so far. Sat for 15 minutes, was given a receipt for the shot, next one booked for July. No side effects not even the sore arm many have experienced. I’m not sure whose profit margin I have helped but at least I didn’t have to use my credit card 🙂
Puppet Theatre Time (2008)
the theory is that
our leaders are all puppets
figureheads
who are invested
in the illusion of power
unaware they are hollow images
taking the heat for the real powers
a hidden consortium
who make the real decisions
they exert the right squeeze
so little leaders slump out
to take the blame
because leaders are just frail men
with no will power to wield
no clout to get the job done
not even attractive to look at
so they are more believable
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politics is now
a form of entertainment
media fodder
to hide the real holders of power
we are amused numbed
by the constant barrage
of sound bite cell cam videos
of presidents getting photo ops
when they should be
getting our boys out of
wherever the hell they are
because even where they are
isn’t the real war zone
but a more elaborate movie set
with real lives being lost
to keep our attention away from
what is really going on
<>
no one is sure what is really going on
it isn’t what we accept as the truth
there is no money in truth
only diverting statics
from the struggle for freedom
from Tibet to Kensington market
upscale name branded
divisive tactics
sometimes I believe this
sometimes I don’t care
where do we place our faith
what is worth the energy to change
if it can be changed
revolution has been copyrighted
by este lauder
the latest scent
a mix of blood oil jasmine
with woody undertones
<>
if it isn’t making someone money
it isn’t going to happen
war happens because it is big business
cancer continues to make a profit
going green isn’t happening
the profit margins are too low
most people don’t earn
enough to save the planet
from who holds
the reins of the illusion power
or so the theory goes
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