COVID-19

**COVID-19**, commonly known as **coronavirus**, is a real infectious respiratory disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As a response to the virus, authorities in most countries mandated citizens to wear masks, while closing down schools and other non-essential businesses.

At its origins, COVID-19 was first identified in China in December 2019. In early 2020, as the virus quickly became widespread, it became a global pandemic causing more than 2.5 million people to die globally, schools and businesses to shutdown, and masks to become mandatory in most countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic was first mentioned in the episode "Switching Tabs", which was the first episode fully produced during the pandemic, the mention is from Tabsnow, who mentions the fact he reads the news. The pandemic would eventually hit the Space Void in "Oncoming", and after "The End of the Pandemic As We Know It" the virus is gone, and hasn't been mentioned in the show since.

## History

### Switching Tabs

Tabsnow first mentions the virus affecting the world, saying he read it on the news. Before the credits, a card saying "Stay home, Stay safe, The coronavirus sucks and so does the UK government" is shown.

### The Sound of Earrape

It's never mentioned in the episode, but throughout, masks and hand sanitiser are shown in the background.

### Oncoming

Tabsnow, worried about the ongoing virus, decides to step up and try to become the president of the Space Void in order to keep people safe, though he has competition. At the end of the episode, Rainbowtab starts coughing, implying that the virus has hit.

### The Halloween Pandemic

The virus has officially hit the Space Void and everyone must now stay away from each other. Snowtab, annoyed with this, decides to go and find out who's responsible for starting the virus, he goes to The Ruler of Universes, who says he has nothing to do with it, before blaming the real world government later in the episode. Gingtab states it's China's fault, Mr. Triangle states it's to do with 5G, but Tabsnow comes in with the truth that what caused it doesn't matter, what matters is how they fight the virus and work together in the present.

### Unpresidented Fate

Some characters still wear masks during the episode, but overall the episode doesn't focus on the virus as much as the previous two.

### Romancing the Snow

Rainbowtab describes her time when she was infected with COVID-19, before stating that she's glad the virus is gone now, implying the virus was dealt with off screen.

### The Christmas Pandemic

The virus returns in this episode, leading to a lockdown and investigation as to who went unvaccinated, which later turns out to be Gingtab.

### The End of the Pandemic As We Know It

After 1 year of lockdown, Snowtab sets out to find Gingtab, who disappeared. Snowtab finds Gingtab, who takes Snowtab back in time to the episode "Switching Tabs", when Tabsnow first mentioned the virus, eventually leading to the past Gingtab scratching current Gingtab's eyes out. Now with an eyepatch, Gingtab takes Snowtab into the Inter-Void but in the past, way before the tethers attacked, in order to replace the past versions of Batwons and Batgnig, in order to overthrow Space Void Corner and change the lockdown regulations as villains (revealing that the attack in "Terror on Void Street" was co-ordinated by Gingtab). Eventually the two are caught and put in bubbles like all the other tethers, as is what happened in the Tether Saga. The Ruler of Universes finds the two in their bubbles and frees them, as he is aware of the time imbalance they created, after Gingtab learns his lesson, he finally takes his COVID-19 vaccine, and the virus isn't mentioned again after this point.