{"id":33959,"date":"2021-08-28T18:07:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T23:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=33959"},"modified":"2022-01-22T08:46:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T14:46:30","slug":"covid-poems-odes-to-odious-antivaxers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/28\/covid-poems-odes-to-odious-antivaxers\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Poems: Odes to odious antivaxers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I feel sorry for some of these people, esp the couple with the dogs. Some of the others? Might as well be Nikolas Cruz, since their choices result in the death of innocent children. But they are all doing one thing well: Serving as object lessons. Don&#8217;t be a dumbass.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meat Loaf was irksom,<br \/>made a living that way.<br \/>But everyone liked him<br \/>he held a lot of sway.<br \/>But when push came to shove<br \/>his denial could not be hid<br \/>and despite all the love<br \/>he died of covid.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zW1Xj5zIVq\">https:\/\/t.co\/zW1Xj5zIVq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1484897444907438089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kelly Ernby anti-Vaxer,<br \/>Republican up and comer<br \/>Told her friends she got the virus<br \/>So maybe don&#39;t come over.<\/p>\n<p>Then she died.  Oh well.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qyURC5zUJV\">https:\/\/t.co\/qyURC5zUJV<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailybeast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@thedailybeast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1478901417415000067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Also since he can&#39;t play in the next game, Kansas City will turn Green Bay into Green Puddle.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1456005512378601474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fraternal Order of Police, Windy City,<br \/>tells its members mandates suck<br \/>&quot;We don&#39;t want any vaccines in our arm-ees&quot;<br \/>We don&#39;t want Covid in cuffs&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1448446383011233794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Take a minute, fraternal bros<br \/>to stop by and say respects<br \/>for your old boss, Dean Angelo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;because he got Covid and died, thus underscoring what fools you all are for taking the side of the virus rather than your comrades in blue.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k539UFOqpK\">https:\/\/t.co\/k539UFOqpK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1448446385355845638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">West thought he could best;<br \/>Covid without a vaccine.<br \/>Turns out the virus is stronger than he;<br \/>Shoulda gone for the tyranny. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I9Gqq2G1b3\">https:\/\/t.co\/I9Gqq2G1b3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1446970149555351557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another denier, named Wikoff<br \/>Started a club of no-Vaxers<br \/>&quot;Join Aloha Freedom Coalition<br \/>On only one condition<br \/>You swear it is only the flu&quot;<br \/>But then Chris got covid and knew<br \/>Lucky he didn&#39;t die<br \/>Got a chance to shift<br \/>AFC was all just a lie<br \/>Nothing more than another grift. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ico7tRXrCR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ico7tRXrCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1440116289997979649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bob Enyart wanted a war<br \/>To put women in their place<br \/>Said Covid not caused by SARS<br \/>Sued to keep masks off the face.<br \/>Now the Denver Post<br \/>Obits the radio host.<br \/>Because the moron got Covid and died.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1438533314877562894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Pierce he is a lawyer<br \/>Defending the Trump gang<br \/>He&#39;s on a ventilator<br \/>I doubt that will last long<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen cases now on hold<br \/>They deny anything is wrong<br \/>&quot;He&#39;s having a bad day&quot; we&#39;re told<br \/>But I suspect he&#39;ll be dead by the end of the week, dumbass. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OiPpMgplhr\">https:\/\/t.co\/OiPpMgplhr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1432351797893607424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wrote a poem<\/p>\n<p>Asa and his Republican friends <br \/>Made making masking a crime<br \/>To put children&#39;s lives at an end <br \/>But Delta caught up over time.<\/p>\n<p>Now he pretends<br \/>That wasn&#39;t the plan <br \/>But it was and he&#39;s an asshole. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SUHGChvpSm\">https:\/\/t.co\/SUHGChvpSm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1424539346338816001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wrote a poem<\/p>\n<p>Abbot is as stupid tries.<br \/>He banned protective measures.<br \/>He watched as his own Texans died<br \/>Then the fucker got Covid. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQ6VYY79Lv\">pic.twitter.com\/aQ6VYY79Lv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1427759972713181187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wrote a poem. <\/p>\n<p>Cardinal  Burke of St. Louis<br \/>Was a jerk and he knew it<br \/>When he told us vaccines <br \/>Are in a manner obscene<br \/>And now he&#39;s on a ventilator.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5tydENRQzS\">https:\/\/t.co\/5tydENRQzS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1427379435762761733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wrote a poem. <\/p>\n<p>Dick Farrel said Covid&#39;s a hoax<br \/>No one should get the vaccine.<br \/>Said Fauci&#39;s a lying goat<br \/>That mask mandate&#39;s obscene<\/p>\n<p>Then Dick Farrel caught Covid and died.  <br \/>LOL<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1424211332728041477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wrote a poem<\/p>\n<p>Rizzo said no to vaccines <br \/>He wanted to see some more data<br \/>As if he was in academe<br \/>An expert on t cells and beta<\/p>\n<p>Then he got Covid <br \/>Dumbass<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yFUzhjbzSO\">https:\/\/t.co\/yFUzhjbzSO<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usatoday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1424479758092431362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ron and Lisa Steadman<br \/>Turned away the stick<br \/>Lisa, recovered came home<br \/>And found her husband, deadman.<\/p>\n<p>They never were antivax, she said<br \/>They just never did it<br \/>Masked up, hand washed, afraid<br \/>They really should have just gotten the damn vaccine. <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m362oQFzNf\">https:\/\/t.co\/m362oQFzNf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1431751206012063744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ode to Caleb Wallace, Anti-Vaxer<\/p>\n<p>He caused the Freedom Rally<br \/>and founded the Defenders<br \/>But Covid it did not tally<br \/>to send his cells asunder. <\/p>\n<p>He had a wife and several kids<br \/>and now they are so sad<br \/>His goal was us vaccines to rid<br \/>And now he is about to croak in the ICU<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1431296815647821831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With love, Phil was not too quick.<br \/>He liked Covid better.<br \/>But when the virus made him awful sick.<br \/>He took a moment to reconsider.<\/p>\n<p>Then the hateful piece of dog poo died. <br \/>LOL <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xc7R4j8V7A\">https:\/\/t.co\/xc7R4j8V7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Laden (@gregladen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregladen\/status\/1429208708286976010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wrote a poem. <\/p>\n<p>Dick Farrel said Covid&#39;s a hoax<br \/>No one should get the vaccine.<br \/>Said Fauci&#39;s a lying goat<br \/>That mask mandate&#39;s obscene<\/p>\n<p>Then Dick Farrel caught Covid and died.  <br \/>LOL<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 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