In strange times we do strange things. As coronavirus spreads so are the theories surrounding it. More of us are more willing to entertain these theories right now because…at least they are entertaining.
Here are some of the most creative ideas concerning coronavirus:
- The Great Garlic
Garlic has many proven health benefits and has been used worldwide as a natural antiseptic. But since Covid-19 is viral rather than bacterial, in this instance the medicinal effects are unproven to say the least. Nonetheless the consumption of garlic is one of the preventative measures recently enforced by the authoritarian state of North Korea. No doubt garlic will soon be declared supreme leader of the people’s republic.
- Covid-19, The Alien
Whenever something terrible happens, aliens get the blame, and the poor wee things have been victimised yet again. Allegedly, NASA infected aliens with coronavirus so they could take over the Earth. Meanwhile astronomer and astrobiologist Chandra Wickramasinghe believes Covid-19 first arrived in October last year: from a comet that landed during a fireball event in China, supposedly.
- Corona Kills Corona
This crazy theory is tailgating tragedy because ever since the whole gossip around “alcohol kills coronavirus”, the eponymous beer has been a favoured antidote. Now people have gone mad and are insanely bingeing anything alcoholic. Sadly, some have even died of alcohol poisoning so be aware of the dosage, and don’t stretch it too much! Drink up but stay safe folks!
- Giant Lasagne
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Out of sheer boredom a 29-year-old man named Bill McLean decided to troll everyone with a recording of himself saying “The British government is going to start baking a gigantic lasagne at Wembley Stadium”. His voice-note started rapidly circulating online and in next to no time it gained an incredible amount of traction. It now has its own Instagram account: massive Wembley lasagne. No one’s saying that the lasagne caused the virus, it’s just one of the things that the virus has prompted us to do, allegedly.
- Net-income-flix
In this time of crisis, Netflix is known as the life-saving app. Not having a Netflix subscription is tantamount to a near-death experience. But that means….surely it couldn’t be…? What if coronavirus is a dastardly plan for the world’s most successful streaming service to become even more successful? Netflix will one day make a full confession…..? Surely not.
