The February 13, 2021
PinFeed Almanack
Sickly Metaphor

  A headline in the New York Times:  'How the Coronavirus Turns the Body
  Against Itself'.  It seems the virus not only enslaves our cells to produce
  itself, it occasionally weaponizes our defenses to attack the remaining
  healthy cells. 
  
  The Speaker of the House speaks of the 'enemy within', with good reason:
  Qanon has been elected to Congress.  
  
  The Minority Leader 'seeks thaw with Trump', who fomented a riot. 
  
  How like a malignant virus is a political element that seeks not competition
  through debate, but violent destruction of countrymen who disagree with them. 
  
  This political virus extends to every corner of the country, from arguments in
  homes and bars and public spaces, to the halls of government, where
  legislators pack heat expecting to find a reason to plug the opposition. 
  
  There is no remedy so far, just the proning therapy of mustering the National
  Guard and fencing the people out of the People's House.  The only vaccine on
  offer is impeachment.  But like a toxic autoimmune response, or a bleach
  injection, it will likely fail to effect a cure, but will no doubt be abused 
  in the near future to attack what remains of the healthy host.  The virus itself
  has promised as much. 
  
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