Flickered

It's been awhile since I posted a story here. But this month, Fantasy-Writers.org made their monthly contest another 5-element challenge. Can you find the evidence of corona virus thinking in the following story? These were the prompts: 

• Being trapped indoors
• Having difficulty obtaining an item that's usually easily available
• Travel difficulties
• Widespread panic
• Rumours and/or conspiracy theories

And here's the story... "Flickered"

It was one in the morning in the back room of a high class speakeasy. January chill seeped through the blacked over window. The beauty across the table pulled her sequined wrap tighter. She was slim and brunette, and whether you looked at her face or her figure, the view was grand.
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"I'll see your fifty," she said, "and raise you a hundred." She grinned.

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