# Meet Covie, the cuddly coronavirus plush toy **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 14, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798 "2020-04-14T22:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798/21 "2020-04-16T00:42:38Z")
I’ve seen poo plushes. Really. And I’m not talking Winnie the. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798/22 "2020-04-16T00:46:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’m not sure who thought that a snot-green plush toy of a fatal disease germ was a good idea, but its popularity seems to be contagious. If horror isn’t worth laughing at, what is? It gives me hope for humanity that this stuff exists. Even the racist piñatas. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798/23 "2020-04-17T00:34:12Z")
In Indonesia, [the police are wearing corona helments](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52269607) (and people are going around pretending to be ghosts.) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798/24 "2020-04-17T00:37:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Much better is the [facehugger face mask](https://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Facehugger-Mask.jpg).😃 Hah! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798/25 "2020-04-17T03:01:55Z")
I like the owner of that coffee shop. He’s come up with several ideas to keep his employees paid and his business running. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798/26 "2020-04-17T21:11:23Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I like the owner of that coffee shop. He’s come up with several ideas to keep his employees paid and his business running. Is there a market for handcrafted COVID toys, games, trinkets, comic art, souvenirs? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798/27 "2020-04-17T22:15:06Z")
> [@RioRico](#): > > Is there a market for handcrafted COVID toys, games, trinkets, comic art, souvenirs? From the link: > [@](#): > > Franklin said so far they’ve sold more than 90 Covie! Dolls for $20 apiece. > > … > > “About half of the revenue generated by the sale of Covie! goes to pay the staff who are making them,” said Franklin. “It’s been very helpful because everyone needs a steady income, and my people are hard workers, so they appreciate having a revenue-generating project to work on. All the proceeds after that are donated to the CDC Foundation’s crowdsourcing fund.” It may be that most of the sales are from locals who want to support the coffeeshop workers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-covie-the-cuddly-coronavirus-plush-toy/851798.md?page=1)