Covid-2019 - 2021-05-22

Because restoration of confidence is so essential to reopening the economy, we track the Covid fear-porn that still pervades the culture. Today in "Recommended Reading," a New York Times review of a new TV show, "The Bite" -- a "comedy" about Covid variants that produce zombies. It features "a government cover-up, widespread denial (often immediately followed by graphic flesh munching) and warnings that the elderly are most at risk because they can’t outrun the undead." We'd be delighted if a show like this, that teaches you that you can never be afraid enough, didn't strike anyone as relevant at this point.