Weird, absurd, almost unbelievable news keeps popping up every day. The past year was full of bizarre moments. For the present, the situation is not so different. The information that flows about the effects of the pandemic within a whole, is strident.
The reality of the present is getting closer and closer to some situations posed in dystopian or apocalyptic films. This week came to light, an information on a patient from the United Kingdom, who suffered from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The 61-year-old individual contracted Covid. And, according to an article published in the British Journal of Haemathology, signed by Sarah Challenor and David Tucker, Sars-CoV-2 would have caused positive effects on the health of this patient, who presented a cure attributed to the coronavirus.
That news brings to mind the movie I am legend (I Am Leyend), released in 2007; Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. It is a film adaptation of the novel of the same title, authored by Richard Matheson. Published for the first time in 1954. Already before, the novel was made into a movie twice. First, with The Last Man on Earth, a 1964 film; Directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow. The other film adaptation of that novel was The Omega Man; 1971 tape; Directed by Boris Sagal.
The best version is the latest. The story begins with the news about a cure for cancer, through the virus that causes measles. This leads to a mutation of humans, extinguishing most of the species on the entire planet. The survivors are something of a mix of vampires and zombies.
The Krippin virus, a genetic modification from the existing virus, designed by Dr. Alice Krippin, is the cure for cancer. This virus becomes a lethal strain of measles, which is spread by air and in contact with fluids. This occurs in I am a legend, a story that poses the end of humanity within a horrifying panorama.
I have a hard time believing that it was the coronavirus that has led to the almost complete recovery of a cancer patient. In the midst of the news chaos regarding the pandemic virus, the media should behave with greater caution. Information tends to confuse the public, more than it already is, in the midst of so much information, which is most often false or uncertain.
It is up to us, the civilian population, to contrast information, review sources, and make specific inquiries. We are not in the middle of a science fiction story. We are living a rare present, surrounded by misfortune.
CLARIFICATION
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