I lie here in my room, unable to exercise, unsure of when I will be well enough to sit upright for more than an hour and I seethe. I am one of countless victims of long covid, a chronic and sometimes permanent after-effect of a disease that you know well - a disease that most likely began in bats, then found its way to humans via racoon dogs or civets in a Chinese wet market. A zoonotic disease.

As of 2026 Officially reported covid deaths number over 7 million but based on elevated yearly expectations it’s estimated as many as 18 million actually died. 18 million! That’s the entire population of the Netherlands. DEAD. Billions suffered, countless millions more are still suffering and for what? Because some stupid selfish fucks couldn’t resist pleasing their delicate tastebuds (or probably in this case indulging their idiotic folk ‘medicine’).

It’s a story that has played out repeatedly. Animal agriculture, especially factory farming, is squarely responsible for: Swine flu, Bird flu, Hepatitis and Antibiotic resistant bacteria. Going further back you find the all time greats: Measles, Tuberculosis even Influenza!

Meat eaters are responsible for this. At best They allow it because they are ignorant, at worst because they are selfish and weak. Factor in all the other moral and environmental atrocities and I believe that one day we will discuss meat consumption in the same breath as slavery. Our great grandchildren will stare in horror and ask us ‘How could you?’

/rant