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“the developer” “>the rearview mirror: special report no. 19 (December 3, 2021)” an ongoing series by freelance journalist Stephen P. Bye for the fictitious newspaper The Mirror Rearview in the fictional US municipality of Laicos County. Dr. Max Panik, the director of the county department of health, and epidemiologist Dr. I. M. Gloomy recommended that the citizens of Laicos County be placed under perpetual lockdown in order to stop the spread of COVID-19, and this order was made a year ago by the county executive, Alice N. Wonderland. However, inhabitants of Laicos County are permitted to spend three hours outside of their home one day each month, as long as they wear authorized masks, utilizing a lottery number method. this involves doing your monthly shopping for food, prescription drugs, and other necessities. According to former military psychologist Lt. Major Fear’s suggestions, Alice N. Wonderland has made it mandatory for all residents of Laicos County to observe Wednesdays as Mental Health Days. Sadly, no one can purchase necessities on a Wednesday as all shops are closed on the day when a person’s three-hour monthly pass expires. Ms. Wonderland has started a mandatory vaccination program for all Laicos County citizens over one year of age by January 1, 2022, with the support of her medical staff. Every recipient of a vaccination receives an armband to wear in public. She has urged people to criticize those who don’t wear armbands in public. As a result, a black market has emerged for enterprising individuals producing phony armbands, albeit doing so carries a five-year jail sentence if discovered. Wonderland also wants to use forty million of the county’s renovation budget to construct twenty barracks in a gated enclosure in the little town of Dystopia, which lies in Eastern Laicos County. Those who live in the complex known as “menticide village” and refuse to get vaccinations, even booster doses, will be housed there. residents who have verified antibodies from prior COVID-19 infections are also included in this. With the discovery of the novel COVID-19 variant, Omicron, in Laicos County, Wonderland is highlighting how important it is for everyone to have a vaccination before the January 1st deadline. On social media Friday night, a picture of a nearby billboard featuring Alice N. Wonderland—pictured with her fingers on a needle inserted into the word “omicron”—with the phrase “moronic” scribbled across her forehead was shared. The word “omicron” has been crossed out in the image, and arrows linking to form the word “moronic” are now visible. (Note: an anagram is a term created by altering letters inside a word, as most of you are aware). In today’s shot, the phrase “moronic” has been deleted from the same billboard. Breaking: Alice N. Wonderland, the county executive, is renaming Laicos County as Utopian County, according to unnamed sources. Moreover, Nirvana will replace Laicos City as the county seat. In the following two days, a thorough news conference to clarify the name is anticipated. “the developer”