The Vaccine

 

 

Almost two-thirds into 2020

Way in above our heads,

Corona virus came a knocking

“Hundreds of thousands” dead.

 

Struggling for a vaccine

In the shortest possible time

The race is on in many countries:

Trying to be the first to find.

 

Ordinarily it would take a while

Like five to seven years

But in just a matter of months

Vaccines suddenly appear.

 

 

Russia and China and others

And most recently the USA

That said it was not possible

Yet they have one today.

 

Other countries were criticized

For circumventing the process

But the mighty US of A

Is already running tests.

 

Clearly, they must be ahead

In any vaccine race

And given the billions to be accrued

All others must be outpaced.

 

It will take billions to process

But the profits will be great

So, the first authentic vaccine

Must be from the United States.

 

 

After all, they have the best:

The best of everything

And at the end of the competition,

Their praises we must sing.

 

The best scientists and doctors

And the best leaders also,

And when they produce the vaccine

The whole world will know.

 

All else will be a sham and a fake

Only one vaccine will work,

It must come from the USA:

The land of the greatest experts.

 

The vaccine is almost here,

It is coming in record time

And Corona virus will be no more

At least, for the first to get in line.

 

After all, 7 billion is a lot

First come must be served first

And those who have no means,

That would be their curse.

 

 

Watch out for the vaccine

It’s coming to a clinic near you,

That is if you matter, though,

Don’t worry; that’s just my view.

 

The vaccine may have originated

The same time as the virus

But since I am a conspiracy theorist

In me don’t put your trust.

 

When next you get a virus

Make sure you get the vaccine

I do not think it is too far away

Before we reach that scene.

 

Stewart Russell © August 2020