even dogs are affected. even the dentist waved us off today. no bones about it. a lady sitting on a shopping bag in the bus stop shelter hocks up a massive goober. we walk fast round the corner. b. says it's not a matter of who—everyone will get the virus. i believe it, in milder or more virulent forms. it's not a just world. it's not a natural disaster. nobody knows how the viral economy works, even the brokers. they think they know. fucking idiots manufacture disaster. a plague on their houses.