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August 16, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Coronavirus is a poor man’s virus”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has been called a "poor person's virus" and, occasionally, a "poor man's virus." A rich person can isolate, while a poor person…

August 16, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Coronavirus is a poor person’s virus”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has been called a "poor person's virus." A rich person can isolate, while a poor person might have to work in dangerous conditions. A rich person…

March 29, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Coronavirus is like pasta. Made by Chinese. Spread by Italians. Supersized by Americans”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, and then spread to infect large numbers of people in Italy and the United States. Many people have compared this…

June 15, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Coronavirus is to be re-named the Schrodinger Virus” (joke)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has been compared to Schrödinger's cat. This was posted on Sickipedia on April 2, 2020: "Coronavirus is to be re-named the Schrodinger Virus.You either…

January 5, 2022
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Coronavirus must come from the Corunna region of Indiana, otherwise it’s just sparkling Covid-19”

"Champagne" is sometimes used as a generic term for sparkling wine, but legally, it must come from the Champagne wine region of France. The joke meme was used during the COVID-19…

September 22, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Corporations are not people. Money is not free speech”

"Corporations are not people" and "Money is not free speech" are two political sayings (often grouped together) that have been printed on many images. The saying have often been…

March 25, 2024
Government/Law/Military/Religion /HealthWork/Businesses

“Corporations can buy unfair favors from government…because government has unfair favors to sell”

"Corporations can buy unfair favors from government...because government has unfair favors to sell. Big government is the problem. THISISCOMMONSENSE.COM" was posted on Facebook by Common…

March 20, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Coughing in public is the new speaking Arabic at airports”

The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak created fear in many people whenever someone coughed. A saying was posted on Twitter by Dani Beck on March 4, 2020: "Coughing in public is the new speaking…

February 9, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Coughs and sneezes spread diseases”

"Coughs and sneezes spread diseases" is a frequent public health campaign saying that has been printed on many images. "A Careless Sneeze Will Spread Disease. Use a Handkerchief If…

April 12, 2017
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Count that day won when, turning on its axis, this earth imposes no additional taxes”

Franklin Pierce Adams or "FPA" (1881-1960) wrote in his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower" in the New York (NY) Herald Tribune, on April 27, 1934: "Every morning that…

May 22, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Covid 19 should be re-named the ‘Common Core Virus’ because shit just ain’t adding up”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic -- and the government restrictions and quarantines -- didn’t add up (make sense) for many people. "They should rename it the common core virus because shit…

May 31, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“COVID spelled backwards is DIVOC. What DIVOC is going on?”

"COVID spelled backwards is DIVOC" ("da fuck" or "the fuck") is a saying that has been printed on many images. COVID-19 is the name of the 2019–20 coronavirus…

May 12, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“COVID-19 & the flu are like Superman & Clark Kent. You never see them in the same room…”

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic numbers went up in 2020 and 2021, and flu numbers went down. Many compared this to Superman and Clark Kent. "Quite simple really stop calling it #covid19…

April 4, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“COVID-19 hit during allergy season. I can’t tell if I have 5 days to live or need to take Claritin”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic had some people confusing the symptoms with seasonal allergies. "Who the hell put Corona virus and allergy season in the same month? I don’t know if I…

August 17, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Covid-19 is like eating raw cookie dough… We know the risk. now let us live our lives”

Eating raw cookie dough could have salmonella dangers, but many people still eat it. Some have compared this risk to the risk of contracting COVID-19. "Covid-19 is like eating raw cookie…

June 3, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Covid-19 should be renamed COTTON EYE JOE (where did it come from, where did it go)”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic brought some to recall the lyrics in the traditional American country folk song "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (also known as "Cotton-Eye Joe") --…

August 20, 2021
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Covid-19. It started as a virus and has mutated into an IQ test”

"Covid-19. It started as a virus and has mutated into an IQ test" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Many people believed that a person wearing a face mask (and following…

May 23, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Covid19 Facts: The virus can travel 6’. It cannot travel 6’1” or more…” (joke)

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in some arbitrary assumptions. "The virus can travel 6' not 6'1". It can live on all surfaces except amazon packages, it doesn't…

March 13, 2020
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Crazy times we are living in. I used to cough to hide a fart. Now I fart to hide a cough”

"Cough fart ... When someone coughs to hide a fart with devious intent" was entered in the Urban Dictionary on December 2, 2010. The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak reversed this. "I…

October 26, 2015
Government/Law/Military/Religion /Health

“Creationists don’t believe in science. They think ‘The Flintstones’ is a documentary”

The animated American television show The Flintstones (originally broadcast from 1960 to 1966) showed a working-class Stone Age family, with dinosaurs and humans living together. The show was a…

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