Is Corona over, or not?

 

Comrade Karl Marks, the Head of R&D and Customer Experience, suggested that we change our post-covid  policy. 

"Kibinimat, Gloria, our nerds are hiding behind your socialist "work-from-home for ten days if you are ill", and 80% of the work force are at home, scratching their bums and not producing code".

Then the Comrade added, "19 Svetlanas, 21 Natalies, 21 Ngyyens, 73 Moshes, and old de Villiers (who is a white South African) are missing in action because of the health forms they need to produce before they re-enter our building. What the fu-k is this all this Leninist bureacracy about; you are Canadian, aren't you?"

Of course, after the Ministry of Health audit, it does HR a lot of good. I certainly do not want to spend a week in jail for violating health rules. Heavens, I was born in Canada, not China.

I suggested to Comrade Karl that he re-introduce working from home as the fad-de-jour. "Youb tvou-mat Gloria, stop using French. Tell me Gloria, as far as you are concerned, is covid over?"

I ruminated (like MD) for ten seconds (unlike MD) and answered: "It's very liminal, Comrade Carl. I do not wish to be simplistic. Neither you or I eat triple cheeseburgers with onions and a gallon of Pepsi for lunch. Covid still hovers over us, but we see some sun coming thru the clouds." Then, I coughed; I have had post nasal drip ever since my non-reported covid case 3 days ago.

Comrade Karl jumped under the table and threw a grenade at me. Luckily, it was a Nato grenade, so it just lay there, like a non theatening anti-Putin  dud.