Monkey's Dad's definitions

interval infection

COVID-19 infection coinciding with a patient's first vaccination and developing prior to receiving the second. The symptoms may easily be misinterpreted as side-effects from the vaccine.

He had felt strange since receiving his first dose of the vaccine - aching, fatigued, coughing, short of breath. Three weeks later, after receiving his second dose, he had a fever of 102, was fighting for breath and coughing badly. While it was logical to assume he was having a severe reaction to the vaccine, the stronger probability was that he had contracted an interval infection.

by Monkey's Dad February 28, 2021

vaccophobe

Anyone with an irrational fear of the Covid-19 vaccine.

"If I die, I die", she said. "I'm not letting anyone even try to convince me to get that shot". And no one convinced her, and she went maskless to her early grave, a proud vaccophobe, and an example of how America had been made "great again".

by Monkey's Dad July 25, 2021

The New New York

An almost unrecognizable city, silent and still, filled with people yet seemingly abandoned.

From her balcony she looked down at the bizarrely empty streets of the New New York.

by Monkey's Dad March 28, 2020

Sortaday and Someday

The days of the weekend during Covid, when time is disordered.

Sorry, not totally sure but I think I'm busy Sortaday and Someday, taking the kids shopping for 'school clothes'. ... The mall?? You're kidding, right? eBay.

by Monkey's Dad August 26, 2020

Bland Finale

Dashed expectations. A bit of a letdown.

The audience had been anticipating Clapton would close the concert with a soaring rendition of his number one megahit, not the bland finale of Layla performed on solo ukulele and a kazoo.

by Monkey's Dad February 27, 2020

epidemonology

The study of who and what gets blamed for an epidemic.

Whether it was the complacent president, a de-funded response system, or simply "Patient Zero" who got off the plane from Beijing, coughing, epidemonology would inevitably follow.

by Monkey's Dad March 11, 2020

comforting fiction

An untruth we tell ourselves, or tell others, to keep from having to face facts, and to ease us through hard times.

Just wash your hands and you'll be fine, warm weather will make it disappear, only old people can die from it... one comforting fiction after another could not disguise the truth that we were all in for a long, painful journey.

by Monkey's Dad April 15, 2020