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Hantavirus Spreads 'Here We Go Again' Pandemic Meme

This is a reaction meme using the classic Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 'Ah shit, here we go again' template. It shows the game's protagonist Carl 'CJ' Johnson from behind, walking down a narrow alleyway between low walls. Large bold white text at the top reads 'HANTAVIRUS SPREADS', and the iconic, widely used meme line 'Ah shit, here we go again' appears in smaller white text at the bottom. The meme expresses widespread public exasperation and dark humor about the prospect of another new viral public health crisis occurring shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, aligning with the original post's title referencing 'COVID season 2'.
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Overview

This is a reaction meme using the classic Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 'Ah shit, here we go again' template. It shows the game's protagonist Carl 'CJ' Johnson from behind, walking down a narrow alleyway between low walls. Large bold white text at the top reads 'HANTAVIRUS SPREADS', and the iconic, widely used meme line 'Ah shit, here we go again' appears in smaller white text at the bottom. The meme expresses widespread public exasperation and dark humor about the prospect of another new viral public health crisis occurring shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, aligning with the original post's title referencing 'COVID season 2'.

Origin notes

This meme is a remix of the long-popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 'here we go again' reaction meme template. It was shared on Reddit as a user-created meme under the original title 'Stay tuned for covid season 2', posted in reference to early 2020 news coverage of hantavirus cases that circulated during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The edit was made using the Imgflip meme generator, as confirmed by the imgflip.com watermark in the bottom left corner of the image.

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