“You want to hear a coronavirus joke? You probably won’t get it”
The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak led to this “joke”:
“You want to hear a coronavirus joke? You probably won’t get it.”
“Get it” refers to both the joke and the disease. Similar jokes were told about Ebola and Social Security.
“Want to hear a joke about Coronavirus?....You probably won’t get it” was posted on Twitter by jodie in January 22, 2020. “Me: Hey did you hear the joke about novel coronavirus? Them: No. Me: Eh. You probably won’t get it. Sorry. Just re-hashing an old ebola joke” was posted on Twitter by VegasDawg on January 26, 2020.
The joke was posted on Reddit—Jokes on March 11, 2020, but removed by moderators.
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak is an ongoing global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China on 1 December 2019, spreading to every province-level administrative division of the country by 29 January 2020. On 30 January, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following an increase in the number of cases outside China.
Twitter
jodie
@jodienado
Replying to @MackayIM
Want to hear a joke about Coronavirus?
....You probably won’t get it.
5:55 AM · Jan 22, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
VegasDawg
@tracyvegas
Replying to @MCBazacoPhD
Me: Hey did you hear the joke about novel coronavirus? Them: No. Me: Eh. You probably won’t get it. Sorry. Just re-hashing an old ebola joke.
2:58 PM · Jan 26, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Susan Wookey
@bbelt_mom
Replying to @DrJacobsRad
Want to hear a joke about the corona virus?
You probably won’t get it.
4:12 PM · Jan 26, 2020·Tweetlogix
Twitter
Pastor Jerkface
@PastorJerkface
I’ve got a good coronavirus joke but you probably won’t get it.
3:25 PM · Jan 28, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
Ran Dae-Ho Lee ⭐⭐
@irliteach
Replying to @jazzorion
Reminds me of one of my favorite jokes.
Wanna hear a joke about Ebola?
You probably won’t get it.
4:25 PM · Jan 29, 2020·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Eduardo La Coruña
@Erduanoss
Want to hear a joke about the Corona Virus?
Nevermind you probably won’t get it
6:35 PM · Jan 31, 2020·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Daniel C Chamberlain, Author
@DanCChamberlain
I’d make a joke about Corona Virus… but you probably won’t get it…
9:03 PM · Feb 26, 2020·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Jarrett Ramsey
@Rambone7
I’d tell y’all a Coronavirus joke but you probably won’t get it.
7:29 PM · Mar 11, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/jdeception March 11, 2020
Wanna hear a CoronaVirus Joke?
Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/Jokes.
Moderators remove posts from feeds for a variety of reasons, including keeping communities safe, civil, and true to their purpose.
Twitter
Jason Bugra
@JasonBugra
Want to hear a Corona Virus joke? You probably won’t get it…. #CoronavirusPandemic
2:35 PM · Mar 12, 2020·Twitter for iPhone