Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 15, 2021

You guys are going to need to “double mask” for this to be effective.

Turn off your devices and put the masks on your mouth and nose. It’s much better.

Technically, they’re spreading stupidity

It seems to be very effective for their purposes.

I wear my mask on my nose and mouth, and the rising heat fogs my glasses too. A win, win!

Better yet, put the mask over your “smart”-phone; that way, you can still see the rest of the world, and find things that aren’t stupid.

Very rare for Rat to be the sensible one.

If I had Rat’s reputation, I would always wear a mask in public, too.

Who was that masked rat, anyway?

Yay! Rat made sense!

Question: should people who deny science, who are anti-vax, anti-mask; people who are offered free access to vaccinations yet turn them down; should these people then be given medical care when they do get ill from covid and suddenly do want help? Although this question should not be answered, the question should be posed to such people.

hmmm, tempting.

Some people look better with a mask.

That isn’t social media, it’s anti-social media.

^Prime example of spreading the stupid.

His ancestors carried the plague. He should be impervious.

For some time now it’s been more like anti social media. Another great irony of our times.

Use that mask trick for mainstream news media news feeds too. They ain’t any better.

So called “social media” is a social disease. And as Margaret Atwood pointed out decades ago, “Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.” Stupidity seems to be highly communicable; try not to spread it.

Anti-vax are of strange headspace, and with many varieties of immature, toddler-like logic. I listened to one talking about how the virus was spread intentionally. Okay.. perhaps it was, although I do doubt that. But how are you helping by not vaccinating against it? Your logic says don’t put out fires that are set by arson, only the ones caused by nature. Please, go away, all of you. We’ve got work to do.

I wonder what this group thinks about our medical professionals/heros who refuse to take the vaccine? (Yes… I’m vaccinated, foxhole mentality)

Rat is not always so far off…

That’s right, don’t believe social media OR the funny pages. But try to believe people smarter than you about science, unless you’re a victim of the Dunning-Kruger effect (then good luck to you).

I thought Rat got the stupidity vaccine months ago. Ah dammit is there a Delta variant of that too?

Actually, it should be answered, and the answer is: No.

AMEN! But the mask is for your nose and mouth…the pandemic will NEVER end if we all don’t do the right thing! A pandemic is a health crisis, not a political stance, not violating your rights…it’s a choice of live or die situations! In history, a pandemic lasted for 4 years…were in the second year now….=~[

I have been doing it wrong!

Hospitals in the south are “failing.” No beds available for people who have had strokes, heart attacks, or other medical needs.“Kitty…” I agree with MitmanArt. Anti-vaxxers are overwhelming the hospitals. More now are children who cannot be vaccinated yet. Hospital personnel are suffering from dealing daily with all the pain, the deaths. Federal help is necessary. One (or two) shots and not only would they be alive and well (hopefully), Covid would stop mutating so quickly.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/states-requesting-federal-combat-latest-surge-covid-19/story?id=79402766

nobody should be denied healthcare no matter what the cost

There is NO evidence that masks have stopped any spread. In fact available evidence indicates that it does nothing. Note the continued spikes despite a heavily complaint and masked population in places like London, San Francisco, New York and elsewhere. This has been analyzed. Masks are virtue signals and as the New England Journal of Medicine has put it, Masks are a “talisman” designed to ease anxiety. A better way to ease anxiety – end the fear mongering by the propaganda machine seeking to empower government and corporatists.

I’m in.

I believe getting rid of the phone would be easier and safer. Have you tried driving while wearing a mask over your eyes, Rat? On second thought… that might be a blessing.

Common sense and discretion were truly among the first casualties of this panic.

I like how it’s hilarious but also a good message

I don’t know. Should people who deny the rights of others to carry firearms under the 2nd amendment and don’t carry a firearm themselves, then get shot by a criminal because nobody can defend themselves be allowed medical care?

Hear hear…..

The better question should be, “Should people who take the experimental DNA-altering kill shot that has killed and maimed 100s of thousands people, after having been warned by hundreds of doctors and scientists how deadly the shot is, be given expensive treatment, even though the ‘virus’ has a 99.97% survival rate?”

I must admit, for the sake of my sanity, I put a mask on over my eyes, too; whenever the evening news comes on!

Love it, So True!!!

I mean, he’s not wrong…

If only it was that simple.

By now we’re all aware of what we need to do to keep ourselves and others safe. If someone elects to not take actions for self-preservation, they’ve ignored advice and warnings. If they become ill as a result, health care will try to treat and save them, but health care systems around the world have convincingly demonstrated that they are inadequate for pandemic level surges in demand.

If you want to blame someone why not blame the person who caused this not people who are scared of the vaccine because of all the misinformation. Fauci testified that he funded gain of function test on Covid at several labs in the US. This information was then shared with the director of the lab in Wuhan where this was released/escaped from. Fauci now ranks as one of the greatest mass murders of all time right there with Pol Pot, Stalin, hitler and Mao. But yet you still go to him for guidance.

Very well put Mr. Pastis

Ignoring the stupidity may bring you the illusion of relief. But it will only continue to spread if we don’t take the necessary harsh action to squash it once and for all.

Only time cures stupidity.

it’s not the heat…it’s the stupidity!

We’re going to need an N100 mask (does such a thing exist?) to protect us from social media.

Get the vaccine people! Get BOTH doses. Then continue to wear your mask and social distance etc for the two weeks needed to acquire immunity. After that, take Off your mask (unless you simply feel more comfortable continuing to wear it) and live your life within reason. We have to use common sense and not let fear rule us. I am fully vaccinated and I practice social distance and wash my hands but I refuse to wear a mask because someone else refuses to be vaccinated! We all must make our choices. It’s foolish to cast stones and make blanket judgements regarding entire groups of people. Just because someone isn’t wearing a mask don’t assume they are also anti vaccine. As for whether or not they should be treated that my friends is a slippery and dangerous slope. Should be ban overweight people or smokers from getting necessary treatment because they made stupid choices? Who made YOU God and Judge in these matters? If people get sick they should get treatment! But we should also be strongly encouraging everyone to get vaccinated instead of hyping conspiracy theories. Amen Pig and Rat. Love the new use for masks. ; )

The ONLY mask that really does any good is the N95. None of the others really do anything good for you.

A couple of days ago I went out to breakfast and then to the pharmacy. No masks, except mine, except for the Pharmacists. My point, ?

Forrest Gump was right, “Stupid is as stupid does.”

those who smoke should pay for consequences of smoking, those who drink alcohol should pay for consequences of drinking alcohol, those who use drugs should pay for consequences of taking drugs, those who who have unwanted pregnancies should pay for the consequences of those pregnancies, etc, etc, etc.

A lessen lesson.

Luckily, one of the biggest fools of this world got banned from Twitter months ago. But that’s just first step…

My state over the summer allowed vaccinated people to go out in public without a mask. Unvaccinated people were to still wear them, as is reasonable. I went to a mall finally, after a year, and realized only one person besides me – and I am vaccinated – was wearing a mask. My state has about 50% vaccinated. So 50% or more of the people in the mall were not vaccinated. This is one of the problems we have, and a definite reason masks should never have been considered unnecessary because people will take advantage and put others at extra risk.

“By George, he’s got it!” – Henry Higgins

Fifteen millennia to flatten the curve…

Gotta admit, Rat does have a point. Not so sure his solution is practical, though. Too much chance of wandering into traffic and getting run down….

I believe all of u that are commenting should read the second sentence of the gocomics comment policy

these comments are really deteriorating into more of a news type site, I think I’ll stop reading :-( The news is depressing enough, I come to the comics page to be cheered up.

Guess I’ll be needing two masks now.

Not sure but I tend to believe that illness does not follow a simple signed paper, and not because somebody says so the sickness goes away magically, and simply because somebody said so it does not mean I can go out and nothing will happen. And I am sure that if something happens the person who said it was ok to go out without mask will not bring me back my health. Also, there are quite some hypocrites out there blaming Biden because he is slowing the vaccination, yet they are in the same party as those governors that not only are they criticizing vaccination, but who are forbidding the mandate of requiring masks. Luckily that’s were most deaths are happening, so we get to see Darwinism in action

Rat and Pig certainly know how to wear their masks. Not seeing all the misinformation on social media is working for them. Now they need a mask for their nose and mouth and vaccinated to be completely protected.

even fools deserve free health care

what if they [we] are right ? and those who didn’t listen are dead by 4/1/2022 because of the ‘jab’

I’m wearing a mask because of air quality.

But they aren’t covering their ears. Or noses

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