Twas the Sixth Day of the Lock Down. The mounting global death toll defied hurmourous description, and Cone Man knew humour was callous under the circumstances. so he turned his attention to the many inconsequential trivialities of the 'New Normal'.
A fascinating aspect of the 'New Normal' was the extent to which people found how much could be done without physically leaving home. Witchdoctors interviewed patients virtually. Teachers taught classes that were geographically dispersed and over one million children were both truants and students with the full, approving knowledge of their parents.
Other jobs, however, could not be done from home, yet nevertheless had to be done. Supermarket employees were numbered among the heroes of the hour. Overnight, the newfound danger of their profession, combined with the necessity of their work, rendered them the status of an elite force - soldiers fighting in the frontline of the war against the Coronavirus Monster. "Who important and who is not is merely a matter of dates and circumstances" Cone Man marvelled ...
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