Meet Covie, the cuddly coronavirus plush toy

[Siam_Sam]

I’ve seen poo plushes. Really. And I’m not talking Winnie the.

[Inigo_Montoya]

@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.

[Darren_Garrison]

In Indonesia, the police are wearing corona helments (and people are going around pretending to be ghosts.)

[JKellyMap]

@Colibri

Much better is the facehugger face mask.

Hah!

[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.

[RioRico]

@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?

[Colibri]

@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.

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“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.