The Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has been devastating, globally. Of that, we can all agree. With the casualties rising, worrying press conferences, small businesses shuttering for the foreseeable and an over-extended health service, there’s not been a lot of positive news to come out of the pandemic, naturally.

But as the British are wont to do, making light of the situation is the first port of call defence mechanism, to soothe collective anxiety. So whether that’s quasi-philosophical coronavirus quotes or full-on coronavirus jokes, here is a sample of what’s out there, to give you a little light relief.

Many people – the ones who aren’t sick, obviously – are beginning to try and see the funny side of the self-isolation, keeping people’s spirits up by laughing about new opportunities to drink more, work out less, text an ex and eat tonnes of snacks.

You can’t get the blood out.

Steven Ramirez

This place is Hell’s waiting room.

Steven Ramirez

You shouldn’t have done that, Dave.

Steven Ramirez

There’s no time for right or wrong,’ I said.

Steven Ramirez

She played me with a bad hand, and I fell for it every time.

Steven Ramirez

The people inside the gym didn’t stand a dead drunk’s chance.

Steven Ramirez

Remember. Observe, assess and act. No hesitation. No remorse.

Steven Ramirez

People talk about survival. What they mean is killing the other guy.

Steven Ramirez

What I learned in this tragedy was the eternal lesson of good people going bad.

Steven Ramirez

The sound of him drinking was indescribable—like dirty runoff down a storm drain.

Steven Ramirez

She smiled at him like a freshman invited to the senior prom. It made my blood boil.

Steven Ramirez

We are born. We die. Somewhere in between we live. And how we live is up to us. That’s it.

Steven Ramirez

There’s no better way for a woman to punish a man than to make him sleep away from her.

Steven Ramirez

There’s nothing worse than delivering bad news to women. I hoped I wouldn’t get good at it.

Steven Ramirez

She gave herself a hard twist and fell into a sitting position, staring at me with those maggot-filled doll’s eyes.

Steven Ramirez

Smiling, he handed Landry the bloody aluminum bat Warnick had used. ‘Time to die, old man,’ he said.

Steven Ramirez

When I lifted up the skin, a fat kidney worm dripping with gore raised its bald, blind head and glared at me.

Steven Ramirez

All over the world, people are being quarantined and are being compelled to practice social distancing. We are trying desperately to remain sane in a world that seems bordering on the insane. So, the time is just right for us to ponder, reflect, meditate, and discover the world within our own minds.

Avijeet Das

I hope everyone is laughing at this Corona Virus jokes and Memes, with their hands being sanitized or washed with soap. They have Isolated themselves from the crowd and they have been self quarantined or practicing social distance. If not then the joke is on them. Corona will have the last laugh on their lives

De philosopher DJ Kyos

Trying to play my part and stay home…Burying my nose in a book like a gnome… But I know how Rapunzel felt in the tower When she wanted to feel the rain shower… It’s like being in your forties out of a fort When your forte is dancing barefoot…Instead of being trapped I chose to cut short, To leave the port, And not go kaput!

Ana Claudia Antunes