Plague Poems on Nostr: I’ve heard it said (by a prominent doctor) that this pandemic “did not have to be ...

I’ve heard it said
(by a prominent doctor)
that this pandemic
“did not have to be
as bad as it was,”
and they are right
it did not have to be
as bad as it was,
though I would add
it does not have to be
as bad as it still is.

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The 220th week collected:

https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/plague-poems-the-two-hundred-and-twentieth-week/