{"id":4799,"date":"2020-09-22T19:08:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T19:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2022-09-21T01:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T01:08:00","slug":"covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Be Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have Covid-19 AKA Corona licked. The virus, which is not new, has come back with a vengeance. Or so it thought. We locked it down for a few months, apparently not airtight enough. And along comes the second wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whoosh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But although Covid-19 is smart, our government is smarter. No science is necessary. Covid-19 is a lazy virus. How do I know? The government told me so. It sleeps all day and comes out at night. 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