Prickly City by Scott Stantis for December 14, 2021

It’s only bad if the republigoon sexual assaulted in chief is president again.

What do we do when we run out of letters of the Greek alphabet?

Wow! Hey kids! There’s only 3 more variants ’til Christmas!

The good news is Mr Wallace has told his faux news overlords to shove it!

Hope keeps being killed by. the GQP in their efforts to return to power.

Leave hope alone. It is the worst curse Pandora released from her box. It’s so deceptive that a lot of people actually think it is a good thing. But it hides reality and makes false promises before kneecapping you with a club.

Omicron is actually a hopeful sign as it outcompeted a more deadly variant. Evolution favors a strain that reproduces well and killing the host usually isn’t helpful.

First step, right-wing populists, take about 80% of your “can’t handle change” emotions out of your thinking process.

Russian Alphabet

Oh, good: a wacky cartoon version of the virus that’s on its way to killing a million of us. This will help.

@pschearer: “What do we do when we run out of letters of the Greek alphabet?”

Panic?

Actually, it’s good. The virus is following a normal path. Each new variant is typically more virulent, BUT, typically less harmful.

All signs to date indicate that the Xi variant is far less of a problem. On par with a mild flu bug.