Pandemic Pandemonium

Hunter S. Thompson once said: "I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours." That theory seems to be quite true. The New York Times reported that the Sinclair Broadcast Group recently published an interview with a conspiracy theorist claiming that Dr. Anthony Fauci created the coronavirus using monkey cells.

Sinclair, which operates about 200 television stations, has also downplayed the severity of the virus. Fox News has repeatedly run segments downplaying the severity of the illness and promoting ideas that scientists consider false. So, I've called in our team of correspondents here at the Gonzo PR blog to discuss the issue.

We have Helmut Vallindaklopf at his Connecticut Avenue bunker in Washington, D.C., Ramona Vallindaklopf at her bases at the Hotel Columbo in Genoa, Italy, and Wolfgang Majoris in Bangkok, Thailand. My question is: "Why is the U.S. enduring a far more severe outbreak than any other country in the world."

HV: "Well, you know, this isn't the first time the U.S. Has witnessed a pandemic: You had the Spanish flu outbreak more than a century ago, and before that it was smallpox, and you can go back far enough to the Middle Ages when the black plague was wreaking havoc throughout the known world."

RV: "Yes, my brother, even an epidemiologist from a previous age by the name of Dr. Thomas Tuttle prescribed face masks and social distancing to slow the influenza pandemic. He made a lot of enemies, but it worked. Incredibly, he looked a lot like Dr. Anthony Fauci."

WM: "Meanwhile, you have a group of doctors claiming that makes were unnecessary and that the drug hydroxychloroquine cured the virus according to Breitbart news. The problem is the size and strength of right wing organizations who propagate such nonsense." JM: "Right you are, Wolf. We will gather again soon."