Paul Gill (2021) defines a meme thus: "A meme is a virally transmitted image embellished with text, usually sharing pointed commentary on cultural symbols, social ideas, or current events. A meme is typically a photo or video, although sometimes it can be a block of text."
In the age of Big Tech censorship and cancel culture, memes have the ability to skirt the aforementioned restrictions by those who do not desire to hear the truth.
This is especially true in the age of Coronavirus and its mutated variants. In fact, if you post anything on Facebook about the virus, you will see a Covid "information" link below your post. I refer to this blatant censorship as intentional misinformation, as opposed to the truth people need to hear.
It is with great sadness that these so called fact-checkers are now fact checking memes! No, it's more than sad, it is evil, especially since fact-checkers are paid to misinform and misdirect people.
Covid memes
Sometimes a meme can me funny, political informative or sarcastic. At other times it is used to attack a person or a cause. Essentially, a meme can be darn near anything a creative mind can make or type.
Humorous
Even though this is somewhat funny it actually reveals truth in that the pandemic has ruined the world's economies and has created a homeless crisis. To that extent, it is three things: truth, sadness and humorous.
One of my favorites
I love this for its truth. To believe that our masks are working is sheer fantasy, much like the characters and story in the 1939 flick, "The Wizard of Oz.". The virus pathogens are actually so minute they are able to pass through even the surgical N-95 masks.
Political memes
The above meme is truth in your face and undeniable. It says what we already know in our hearts but want to deny. Our diminishing freedoms are just a part of communism.
More truth in your face. If you have ever looked into a box of vaccines, no matter the brand, there is no paperwork, as required of all approved medications. That is interesting, especially the word approved.
And then there is this one to test your critical thinking skills.
The truth here cannot be understated. I just read an interesting scientific journal by an epidemiologist who insisted that the virus will never go away with any vaccine. It must play out in nature as all respiratory viruses have throughout history.
And remember this one, because we are always browbeat about its importance.
Someone on read.cash mentioned that the US discontinued the RT-PCR test because of its inability to tell the difference between the virus (which is real) and the seasonal flu. I searched this and found it to be true.
A nice follow up to the RT-PCR test. This is why people do not want to go to the hospital when they are ill.
And finally...
You have to process the one above in your mind rather than just read it. It speaks a lot of truth. The truth is that the double-jabbed are increasingly responsible for passing the virus on to others, because their systems are releasing the pathogen into the air.
Reference
Gill, P. (2021). What Is a Meme? Lifewire. Retrieved from https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-meme-2483702
You make some fair points, true science is never truly 'settled' the guidence throughout this pandemic has constantly been changing here in the UK. We didn't need to wear masks as they were not of much benefit and also could have unintended concequences as people would constantly adjust them, then touch things, then put their hands on their face again to adjust their masks, also people have been wearing the same disposable mask for weeks in order to save money, how effective is a disposable mask after a week. Later on we were told that we should wear masks when out and about shopping, they make up the rules as they go along! The 'Scientists' predictions and modelling has frequently been wrong too. Big tech censorship is also a big issue. They have become the 'Ministy of truth' I am glad that we can speak freely on this platform.