“Pandemic” concludes.
I must say, I’m proud of the author for finding one of modern society’s real shibboleths. In 1962 when he wrote this story, the ending would have been only mildly controversial — more funny than anything. But now? Oh, just imagine if any school or college put this story on their reading list. Heads would explode!
So somebody should definitely re-use and update this premise. It’s ripe for writing about.
22:30.
