Trivia, Humor & Satire

In an interview I conducted with the President over Zoom, he explained why he has not contracted the coronavirus and has been so successful in mitigating its spread.  I guaranteed him that it would be off the record.  I kept my promise.  I’ve recorded this on paper and not on vinyl. [Satire column by Laurie Baron, PhD]

As the pandemic creates shortages of supplies that doctors and nurses need, we need to repurpose things that could substitute for what we lack. [Laurie Baron, Ph.D]

Although the stock market has rallied in the past week, the companies whose initial public offerings have been doing well may not portend a rosy future.  These successful startups and their advertising campaigns demonstrate that investors are banking on bad news. [Satire by Laurie Baron, Ph.D]

The coronavirus has introduced new phrases into the American lexicon.  At first I didn’t understand what they meant because I had heard (or misheard) these terms in a different context.  Below you will see why I was confused: [Laurie Baron, PhD]

It had been the healthiest of times, but then it became the sickest of times.  One day the rabies vaccine stopped working.  There was a new virulent strain of distemper transmitted by wolves to their domesticated relatives.  Dogs frothed at the mouth and bit humans and other dogs.  Those who became infected suffered terribly and some died.     [Satire by Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]

When you yearn for the facts                                                                                                                            
To know how to react,                                                                                                                               
Call on Fauci! [Satire column by Laurie Baron]