COVIDIANS: Beware the faithful

The ranks of the Covidian faith are dwindling, but those remaining in the church are the most fervent believers.

In the Oct. 20, 2020, issue of The Press, a letter to the editor noted that, at that time, Kootenai County data reflected 43 COVID-classified deaths from 3,646 confirmed cases. The letter also correctly resolved the division as .01 (i.e., 0.0117937465715853).

1%.

Shall we check again?

As of July 30, The Press reports 218 deaths from 19,458 confirmed cases. That division yields .01 (i.e., 0.0112036180491315).

Still 1%, but now an even smaller 1%.

I am pleased to note that no thinking person will be harmed by these data points. Others may. When interacting with those members of the Covidian faith that remain desperately committed to their Orwellian cause, I implore sane people to keep these simple data points in mind.

You encounter Covidians here and there, using lizard-speak (e.g., “vaccine hesitancy” and “new normal”) as they mask you and your children, force you into unemployment, and shame you for not rushing to have them inject you with something they recently swore would never be so quickly brought to market.

They make your next binge show. They teach your children. They sit on your city council. They have attended the world’s premier educational institutions. They are billed as experts. They are feted celebrities. They have attractive LinkedIn headshots.

They are Republicans. They are Democrats.

Ye shall know them by what they want to force you to endure.

Reject them with a smile and a single finger (to accurately represent the math, of course).

WESLEY MOUCH

Coeur d’Alene