"Doctors are fast replacing the clergy"

Blazing Reader,

On Tuesday, I quoted Dr. Naomi Wolf's words about how people have deified the medical establishment. Such Big Pharma worship was addressed by the fictional character Father Shostakovich in Much Ado About Corona. Here are a few fun examples:

“Vaccinations have become the new baptism,” continued Father, unperturbed. “And pills have replaced the Eucharist. Since the lockdown, we stopped bringing Communion to the elderly in nursing homes, yet they still get their medication each day, don’t they?”

Now old Bill Cooper, in his grey suit, blue latex gloves and red bow tie, shot out of his pew. “If you weren’t a priest,” he exclaimed, “I’d have some fine words for you.”

Father grinned widely over his long beard. “You need not worry, I’m quickly becoming obsolete. Doctors are fast replacing the clergy.”

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John C.A. Manley

John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona: A Dystopian Love Story, the forthcoming All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of speculative fiction. Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber at: https://blazingpinecone.com/subscribe/