For all those folks out there who've abandoned social distancing and mask-wearing in the belief that a) COVID-19 has magically gone away, or b) BLM protesters have natural immunity because SARS-CoV-2 is woke, or c) masks are for libtards ... 1/5
... I have a song for you all: 2/5
"The Bells of Hell" was sung by British soldiers in the trenches during the First World War. Here is how one contemporary interpreted it: 3/5 
It seems to have originated as a Salvation Army song in 1911, so this was a form of gallows humour. Bear in mind that 13% (673,375) of the men who served in the British Army between 1914 and 1918 lost their lives and 32% were wounded. 4/5
In plagues, as in wars, we human beings have a strange propensity to believe that we, as individuals, will survive. But the bells of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling with little regard for our personal qualities. 5/5 Thread ends
