Big Smile, No Teeth: If you think 2020 was bad, wait till you see 2021


‘Scène de la peste de 1720 à la Tourette (Marseille)’ by Michel Serre (Scene of the plague of 1720 at La Tourette) depicts victims of the bubonic plague in the French city. — Public domain

Everyone keeps saying 2020 is the worst year ever.

Unless you’ve been in a coma, it’s pretty obvious why. You know what I’m talking about. The Covid-19 pandemic. The inability of right wing governments to recognise science and fight the virus. The continuing degradation of our planet as we move from climate change to climate breakdown.

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Jason Godfrey , Covid-19 , climate crisis , 2021

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