You'd have to admit, one of the key tenets of Ireland's coronavirus strategy - 'don't be the Brits' - has been pretty effective at curtailing a massive loss of human life during the last two months. While it's probably too much to expect Ireland to respond to a crisis on this scale with the vision and efficiency of, say, Germany, studying the Brits for lessons in what not to do has certainly stood to Irish public health policymakers.
The British's government's absurd and depressing response to the Covid-19 emergency was satirised in all its horror last night by the great Charlie Brooker, who took a break from envisioning scenes from a dystopic near-future in Black Mirror to create a one-off episode of his Wipe series. It was called 'Antiviral Wipe' and it was aired last night. Joining him were correspondents Philomena Cunk and Barry Shitpeas.
The show is available to watch back on the BBC iPlayer. We presume it'll find its way to youtube at some stage as well. Whether you were looking for jokes about Boris Johnson's flippant attitude to Covid-19, the Imagine obscenity or 5g conspiracy theories, Brooker had all bases covered last night. These clips will sate your appetite for the entire 45-minute episode.
And this is why Charlie Brooker is important.
Because it’s not funny at all. #AntiviralWipe pic.twitter.com/d7eq1qpMCh— Gareth (@GMLmusic) May 15, 2020
A sad doctor resembling Tintin, prematurely aged after watching his dog drown.
Creased! 🤣🤣🤣#AntiviralWipe pic.twitter.com/cS9cMtwmiG— Catrin Newman (@catrinnewman) May 14, 2020
Speaking of #AntiviralWipe, this joke was the absolute bomb pic.twitter.com/7tKdOZagVu
— Sachin Nakrani (@SachinNakrani) May 14, 2020
Charlie Brooker’s #antiviralwipe needs to be put on the GCSE History curriculum when we look back at this #COVID19 shitfest 👏 pic.twitter.com/fPKUg5JVxG
— Lucy Sempey (@LucySempey) May 14, 2020
Bloody love @missdianemorgan. Hilarious! 🤣 #AntiviralWipe pic.twitter.com/3TkX1c6Xnj
— Daniel (@Clark1995Clark) May 14, 2020
Philomena Cunk and Charlie Brooker summing up most tech journalists feelings on 5G conspiracies #AntiviralWipe pic.twitter.com/xq6FJxjKFT
— Hannah Cowton (@TheLondonGeek) May 14, 2020
Barry Shitpeas:
"Say what you like about the coronavirus pandemic, but it's a *proper* test for our generation. I mean, I thought the KFC chicken shortage of 2018 was bad, but, this is a whole other level. I mean it's almost that times two." #CharlieBrookersAntiviralWipe— Gareth (@GMLmusic) May 15, 2020
