Originally published at: The dark appeal of Coronavirus-themed toys | Boing Boing
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Ohmigarsh! I needs me a plush plague owl!
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In case it arises here, if you want to start a (virus spreading) shouting match in any folklore department meeting (and i know you do) simply state: “Ring Around the Rosie” is a sardonic allusion to The Great Plague - then grab a doughnut and run. (current wikipedia discussion)
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The worst thing is that it used to be Mr. Mysterious Dr. Plague, and now it’s just Mysterious Dr. Plague.
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Instagram keeps showing me ads for those little squishy plague doctors, which means their algorithm must be pretty good because I do want one very much. (Of course it also shows me ads for doctors that wanna cure my adhd/autism with infrared light so…maybe not all the time.)
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They are VERY cute. And the lantern glows faintly in the dark, too.
(I was one of the people who pre-ordered two of them direct from Squishables last year when they first were introduced.)
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Gasp! It is the good doctor! I got the mini (which isn’t THAT small) version for my GF last year.
There are some super cute plushies on that site:
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I… might have ordered a pair of companions for my two plague doctors last night. (i.e. the plague nurses). 
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18 years? Oh geez, are you telling me I read the bug post and compulsively bought this book worm 18 years ago? It seems like it was yesterday.
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