Greetings, jab-happy social media addicts! Here at the the Ministry of Truthiness, we want to make sure that when you inevitably get the Worst Disease Ever, despite being jabbed up the wazoo, you will properly demonstrate your virtue by tweeting correctly about it in accordance with our Corona Prayer guidelines. Since you might have to do this more than once, and because typing is such a pain on “smart” phones, we’ve written a program for you that can generate the tweets automatically. To make it seem like you’re being original, the program selects random phrases for you. Enjoy!
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# This program creates a virtuous tweet expressing my gratitude # for getting Covid despite being "vaccinated".
# Select some phrases randomly so it seems like I'm being
# original.
today = ["Today",
"This morning",
"This evening"][rand(3)]
symptoms = ["a mild cough",
"no symptoms",
"very mild symptoms"][rand(3)]
grateful = ["thankful",
"grateful"][rand(2)]
vaxxed = ["vaccinated and boosted",
"fully vaccinated",
"three-times vaccinated"][rand(3)]
treatment = ["isolating at home",
"following CDC guidance",
"taking Paxlovid"][rand(3)]
# Output my virtuous tweet.
puts <<EOM
#{today} I tested positive for COVID.
I am experiencing #{symptoms}.
I am #{grateful} for the protection I received from my
being #{vaxxed}.
I am #{treatment} until I no longer test positive.
Please get vaccinated and boosted if you have not already done so!
EOM
This is very handy! I've been notified that my virtue-signalling and compliance scores are sadly lacking. Some people have also quite hatefully suggested that I'm not enthusiastic about Glorious Goo uptake. But with this program, I can assure them of my robust, er, robustness.