Hark! the covid angels bring
For when Covid-19 strikes at Christmas…
1. Hark! the covid angels bring
SARS to disrupt carolling;
PCRs have been withdrawn
so it's LFTs at dawn.
Fearful, let the C line rise
Drat; that T line's no surprise;
With the pair of lines in blue
seems that Covid's come to roost;
Hark the covid angels cough
"All your Christmas plans are off".
2. Hail! the airborne SARS disease,
Harbinger of cough and sneeze!
Scratchy throat to all it brings,
ridd'n to bed with shiverings.
Virally it lays us out
knocks us down with punch and clout;
knocks us out for days and days,
knocks all sense of smell and taste;
Hark the covid angels cough
"All your Christmas plans are off".
Notes:
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SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: the generic class of viruses that includes the more commonly known Covid-19.
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PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction test: reasonably accurate but relatively expensive methodology for DNA testing, in this case for the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) virus.
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LFT Lateral Flow Test: a much cheaper test for the domestic market.
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Blue lines: ... may be different colours in different tests. Don't let mere facts ruin an already bad rhyme.
