Armed with this absolute proof, Kyle used his counseling network to broadcast the data directly to the personal devices of every citizen in town, bypassing the mainstream media entirely. When the public realized they were being manipulated just to sell streaming subscriptions and targeted advertisements, the panic instantly turned to pure rage.
Back at the asylum, Stan finally snapped. He grabbed Butters by his straitjacket. "Listen to me, Butters! People are going to die, including your own parents! You have to help us unlock Kenny's files!" [S24E4] Post COVID: The Return of COVID
The town of South Park had finally settled into its bizarre, futuristic new normal in the year 2061. Forty years had passed since the original pandemic, and the adult versions of Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny had barely survived the chaotic events surrounding Kenny McCormick’s time-traveling research. Kenny had sacrificed everything to fix the past, and the world had supposedly moved on. Armed with this absolute proof, Kyle used his
With Butters connected to the mainframe, his fingers blurred across the keyboard. Lines of glowing green code flashed across the monitors. He bypassed Kenny's complex security firewalls, laughing maniacally as he traced the digital breadcrumbs back to the source. He grabbed Butters by his straitjacket
While Stan and Kyle tried to negotiate with the madman, Eric Cartman was dealing with his own crisis. Hearing the news of the return of COVID, his protective fatherly instincts kicked into overdrive. He gathered his children and his wife, Yael, and began boarding up the windows of his home, screaming about the necessity of protecting the family unit from the government's mandatory nasal swabs.
Stan Marsh was still trying to balance his life as an online whiskey consultant while dealing with his holographic Amazon Alexa wife, who was currently nagging him about the lack of real synthetic meat in the fridge. Kyle Broflovski, now a counselor for troubled youth, was trying to maintain his sanity while keeping an eye on the shifty adult Eric Cartman. Cartman had shockingly converted to Judaism and become a devoted, loving family man, a transformation that Kyle still refused to believe was genuine.
"Well, well, well," Butters giggled, spinning around to face them. "If it isn't Stan and Kyle! Come to buy some non-fungible tokens of your own impending doom?"