the saying “avoiding like the plague” really loses its effectiveness when the past 3+ years have proven people do not, in fact, avoid the plague at all
@[email protected] "Avoid it like the plague..no! No! I meant avoid it! Don't seek it out! The plague is bad! Stop! Even if your cousin got the bubonic plague and survived! ENDEMIC PLAGUE ISN'T A GOOD THING! THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PLAGUE DEBT! AAARGH!"
@starshine The german saying translates to „hate it like the plague“, which is nice because we can hate the illness while still enthusiastically spread it.