it's mid october
by crossing the 7 million mark
of total coronavirus cases
modi's india will soon become
the world's most infected nation
surpassing trump's 7.5 million
modi also set the record at 90K
for most daily positive cases
followed by trump with 65K
and bolsonaro's brazil at 45k
modi is yet to catch the virus
but many other macho leaders
had some close calls with 'rona
boris johnson was stuck on march 27
he spent a week in hospital
three nights in intensive care
russian prime minister mikhail mishustin
tested positive on april 29
he checked into a hospital
and self-isolated for 3 weeks
jair bolsonaro became ill on july 5
and 3 weeks later he had "mold in the lung"
donald trump is no exception
after months of minimizing the virus
repeatedly saying it would go away
on october 2 trump admitted he was positive
he ran low on oxygen and was rushed to the hospital
treated with remdesivir, monoclonal antibodies
and steroid dexamethasone, he recovered quickly
and was back at his desk 5 days later
blaming china, bashing the radical left
and claiming the virus was "a blessing from god"
with 210,000 people dead in the nation
the super spreader-in-chief in the capital says
"don't be afraid of covid"
“don’t let it dominate your life”
macho talk by a right-wing populist
is no solace for the dead
and those suffering long-term effects
the majority of whom are poor
Latinas and Latinos
African American women and men
Asian American women and men
Indigenous women and men
people from other disadvantaged communities
who are afraid of the disease
yet work to feed their families
for them, catching this bug
would be a curse from a right-wing devil
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