Editing 2275: Coronavirus Name

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This is [[Randall|Randall's]] take on the hysteria in the media regarding the Coronavirus, which is actually called Covid-19, since it is like calling a specific strain of flu for ''The Influenza virus''.

But with all the mass media hysteria going on, the name Coronavirus has been hammered in, so now the Covid-19 strain of coronavirus will always just be known as Coronavirus making it difficult to discuss other types of Coronavirus later on.

Covid-19 has a 20% hospitalization rate and a 2% death rate by current estimates, compared to a typical rate of around 0.1% for the flu in the US.[https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-myths.html]

In this comic [[Ponytail]] is mentioning that it is by now too late to try calling the virus it's real name Covid-19, as the name Coronavirus has stuck. [[Cueball]] reacts with dismay, since there are many other types of Coronaviuses. But Ponytail then says it is not a big deal, ad then compares it to the fact that the car eating spider living on top of the skyscrapers of the town, is also just called "The Spider" even though it is technically a mutated Wolf spider. Everyone know what you mean when you say "Coronavirus", as they do when you mention "The Spider".

[[Megan]] then asks if they should not also do something about the spider, but Ponytail and Cueball agrees that they can only tackle one problem at a time, and Coronavirus takes up all their time. Only thing is that Ponytail now takes another commute, probably to avoid getting her car eaten.

The point is that because of all the coverage of the Coronavirus all other world problems are pushed to the back of peoples mind. And considering that the virus is likely not really that bad, most people recover faster than from the flu, this is a lot of fuss for nothing. And takes away resources from where they are more urgently needed.

The title text references the health advice that people avoid touching their face with unwashed hands, in order to prevent infections that they picked up by touching things from entering their mucous membranes. (It's a lot easier for an infection to enter the body through the inside of your nose than your hands.) It is likewise quite important to keep giant spiders from touching your face, but for the dissimilar reason that they'll bite and eat you.

:[Megan is carrying a box with biohazard symbols on it towards a desk where Ponytail (wearing safety glasses) is working on a laptop, across from Cueball (also wearing safety glasses) who is putting a test tube into a centrifuge. There's also a flask on the desk.]

:Ponytail: Feels like we missed the window for the "Covid-19" renaming. "Coronavirus" is just to catchy.

:[In a frameless panel, Ponytail (still wearing safety glasses) is pointing at a screen or picture showing a modern city skyline with a large spider crawling across three of the high-rises.]