I would have been so much happier with the apocalypse if instead of collapsing the economy over the flu, we would have collapsed the economy because of an invasion of giant hornets.
If we shut down all businesses and forced everyone into quarantine because of swarms of hornets threatening our very lives, it would have been much more reasonable.
Giant Asian hornets that have begun to invade the coronavirus-stricken U.S. may cost the economy millions of dollars a year.
The insects, which can kill with a single sting, may have a devastating impact on the already dwindling honeybee population in the U.S.
Experts estimate the pests may cause America a staggering $29.3 million as they invade.
The invasion is projected as a coronavirus-stricken U.S. is already facing economic setbacks.
Millions are out of work – with nearly 17 million applying for unemployment in the last three weeks alone – as more than 432,000 cases of the virus have been confirmed in the U.S. alone.
Many experts have warned of a looming recession, as businesses have been forced to shutter their doors due to stay-at-home orders.
Asian hornets are similar to European hornets that live in the U.S., but they are not native to America.
They are large insects measuring almost 2in long, originally from Southeast Asia, that prey on small creatures – especially bees.
Just one sting is enough to kill someone allergic to their venom.
The yellow legged critters were accidentally introduced to France from China in 2004 and they have been spreading rapidly throughout Europe and other parts of the world ever since.
Experts estimate the Asian hornet colonised most of France at a rate of roughly 37 to 50 miles per year.
And the species has swiftly been invading other countries including Spain in 2010, Portugal and Belgium in 2011, Italy in 2012 and Germany in 2014.
The invasive hornets made it to the UK in 2016 – and in December 2019, were first spotted in the U.S. in Washington.
Experts are now warning that the species will begin to swarm in spring, as the hornet’s life cycle begins in April.
In a new study – published first in the journal NeoBiota – French scientists evaluated the estimated cost of this non-native hornet invasion to the U.S. and Europe.
They did so by analysing the negative impact Asian hornets have on ecosystems and the global decline in pollination and honey production.
The invasion is mainly controlled by destroying hornet nests and bait trapping.
But the authors say these methods are not enough to completely eradicate the species.
I would be happy if Trump said that we can’t open the country back up because of these swarms of giant killer hornets.
“The Chinese hornets – which are not domestic, by the way, they originate from China, just so you understand – have ravaged this country, and we have no choice, because of these foreign insects, but to continue to be on guard, as our experts work to find a way to combat these swarms.”
We can just enter into a total fear society, where every month there is some new reason why you can’t live a normal life. The reasons will become increasingly bizarre and confusing, but people will just accept them, because they already accepted the dumbest one possible in the flu hoax.