Retro Video of the Week: "Bad Medicine" by Bon Jovi

I absentmindedly skipped Retro Video of the Week last week, but I'm back on the ball.  Continuing our COVID-themed videos, this week's selection is Bon Jovi's 1988 hit "Bad Medicine."  It was the lead single off the group's New Jersey album, and it was pretty much an instant hit, going to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in about two and a half months after it was released (the band's third #1 song).  It also cracked the Top 10 on the charts in six other countries.

For COVID-related purposes, it has a few meaningful applications.  First, there has been a lot of misinformation about "bad medicine" -- namely that hydro-whatever that some Republican congressman and his quack Nigerian doctor attempted to hype up at a recent press conference in DC.  Rest assured, it's not a cure or treatment for COVID, so don't believe the BS.

Second, for you millenials who just can't seem to grasp life that doesn't cater to your whimsy, let's focus on the line "your love is like bad medicine" rather than the following line, "bad medicine is what I need."  Look, we all know it sucks to have to socially distance and wear masks and shit, but stop fucking it up for the rest of us.  You don't need to go to bars, house parties, boat parties, or wherever and try to recreate a scene out of Sodom and Gomorrah.  The more you come into contact with a bunch of people -- be it touching, sharing drinks, or making out with strangers -- the more likely you will get and spread COVID.  Stop putting your social lives before the rest of our actual lives, because right now, there ain't not doctor that can cure this disease.