Poetry – Wash Your Hands!!

Wash Your Hands!!

 

We’ve had to face the Black Death

And the smallpox too

And cholera put us

Permanently on the loo.

Now we’ve got corona

But it’s alright

Johnson will tell us what to do!

 

Wash your hands!

Wash your hands!

That’s what the government say!

If you wash your hands

The virus will go away!

 

Johnson and Trump just care

About the economy.

Cos money’s more important

Than the likes of you and me!

 

Wash your hands!

Wash your hands!

That’s what the government say!

If you wash your hands

The virus will go away!

 

But they’ve cancelled all the checks

So we haven’t got a clue

Of where the virus is

And what we all should do.

 

Wash your hands!

Wash your hands!

That’s what the government say!

If you wash your hands

The virus will go away!

 

I guess you reap what you have sown

You voted the bastards in.

They’ve dismantled our health systems

And thrown them in the bin.

 

Wash your hands!

Wash your hands!

That’s what the government say!

If you wash your hands

The virus will go away!

 

So forget all your fake news

And bring the experts back.

Let’s put our faith in science

And give those fools the sack!

 

Wash your hands!

Wash your hands!

That’s what the government say!

If you wash your hands

The virus will go away!

 

15.3.2020

2 thoughts on “Poetry – Wash Your Hands!!

  1. Making a joke out of a serious situation caused by China is beneath contempt. Washing ones hands is good advice how many times have you seen people leave the toilet not wash their hands/preparing food not washing their hands perhaps you are even one of them. The PM is doing what he should be doing listening to the Experts perhaps you are now an expert. You were an expert on who should run this Country an Anti-Semite/Terrorist Supporter/Communist/Marxist yes I can well imagine how corbyn would be dealing with this crisis. Thank God enough Labour voters saw this dangerous odious little man corbyn for what he is. People are experiencing Fear of this Virus, others are being ridiculous clearing supermarkets shelves of everything. We know how serious this is, those of us with chronic health issues know what we could face, this isn’t a laughing matter.

    1. There’s humour in everything Anna! I’ve got nothing against washing hands – except as a measure to stop a killer virus it is going to be useless. We need much more stringent policies. Try telling that to the millions of people who died of smallpox – they should have washed their hands.
      As a biologist I can give you the details of how the virus works, how it is transmitted and its structure. I can tell you about the immune response it triggers and why that is fatal in some cases. I don’t think that makes me an expert but it certainly makes me a lot more knowledgeable that the vast majority of the population.
      Your lurch to the extreme right is sad to see.
      You are supporting the bunch that has been running down public services for ten years now. They have robbed doctors, nurses and teachers of pay and pensions to give as tax handouts to the wealthy elite they represent. You’ve been utterly duped.
      The result now is that the NHS is on its knees with 40,00 nurse shortages, doctors shortages, closed hospitals and no ventilators for you and me. And you are still spouting propaganda put out from the likes of the Express, Mail, Sun and right-wing internet fake news sites. I suppose you still think the Muslims are taking over!
      One has to laugh. The reality is what you and the other idiots who fell for all those lies created. This virus has clearly shown that what is needed is international cooperation – not bloody Brexit.
      Where’s your spirit of the Blitz and sense of humour gone?
      Weren’t you advocating a British stiff upper lip and sense of humour in the face of death?

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