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30 Of The Freshest Jokes About The Pandemic And New Covid-19 Variant “ Omicron” To Make You Laugh Or Cry

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Publish Not your original work? Add source On the 26th of November, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 named Omicron. It was first discovered in southern Africa and was labeled as highly transmissible. Though there's not much knowledge about the actual risks and effects of the new strain, it's considered to be the next big thing in the COVID-19 pandemic story. Yet again, this has left the world in shock and some countries have already started tightening travel rules with a few already announcing lockdowns. However, even in the most difficult situations, people still find a way to carry on laughing. A new wave of Omicron variant memes has taken over social media in order to ease up the anxiety with a light dose of humor. Bored Panda has collected some of the funniest memes and jokes that are floating around the Internet. Make sure to check them out below and upvote the most hilarious ones! This post may include affiliate links. #1 Report Final score: 316points POST Dan Buczynski Dan Buczynski Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Mmmm...erotic almonds 116 116points reply View More Replies... View more comments While this new Omicron threat opens up the mental trauma we only started to let go of with the help of vaccination, internauts decided to deal with it straight away. And the method they chose is definitely closest to our hearts-by creating countless hilarious memes and jokes in reaction to it. This time, mainly about the fact that many of us already have big plans for the future and the fear that we might need to cancel them once again. Throughout the whole pandemic, we've had plenty of stuff to laugh at: from toilet paper hoarding memes and funny Zoom fails to the never-ending jokes about life in lockdown. All of this really helped because instead of just sitting around and feeling the anxiety creeping in, people were able to break into a smile. In fact, Mayo Clinic Staff states that laughter is a great form of stress relief, and that's no joke. #2 Report Final score: 247points POST Rikke Visby Wickberg Rikke Visby Wickberg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago 2020 too... 18 18points reply View more comments There's plenty of short-term benefits: a good laugh can enhance your intake of oxygen-rich air, stimulate your heart and other vital organs. It also activates and then cools down your stress response which leaves you feeling relaxed. Lastly, "Laughter can also stimulate circulation and aid muscle relaxation, both of which can help reduce some of the physical symptoms of stress." Thinking about long-term effects, laughter is known for strengthening your immune system. Plus, it's a great way to relieve pain, since it makes the body produce natural painkillers. Not to mention that it significantly improves your mood: "Many people experience depression, sometimes due to chronic illnesses. Laughter can help lessen your stress, depression, and anxiety and may make you feel happier. It can also improve your self-esteem." #3 AdilFareed10 Report Final score: 200points POST Julia Atkinson Julia Atkinson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I bet we won't even get free balloons 45 45points reply View more comments #4 Report Final score: 192points POST Bobert Robertson Bobert Robertson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago he's about to get bit in the yippeenis 76 76points reply View more comments Having a good chuckle helps you to cope with sometimes hard and difficult situations. If you're scared that you're missing out on all of these benefits because you have no sense of humor, don't worry, humor can be learned. You can start by watching funny movies or TV shows and hanging out with friends that make you laugh. Looking at funny images and reading jokes can also help you improve, and if you're scrolling through this post, you know you're in the right place. #5 theMemesBot Report Final score: 169points POST Damon Damon Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Why did they change it to a transformer instead of just a bigger xenomorph? 27 27points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 Na0kiri Report Final score: 168points POST the child the child Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago i never thought about it like that... *shudder* 31 31points reply View more comments A study published in the Psychology of Popular Media journal found that memes helped people cope with life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers with Pennsylvania State University and the University of California Santa Barbara found that those who looked at memes during the pandemic reported having "higher levels of humor" and feeling calmer and more content. #7 Report Final score: 161points POST Lilly Rose Poppy Lilly Rose Poppy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I mean.... he's got a point 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8 D_Alex_connect Report Final score: 159points POST Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Give up the fight against COVID and the mutations will happen faster and harder ending up with one that could be very deadly. But at least you would have your “freedom”. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9 Report Final score: 159points POST Sakura Sakura Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Tbh I think we've got to stop with the whole "Wuhan lab" thing. There's no proof that it came from a lab, and scientists have deemed the theory highly unlikely. All the continued tinfoil-hatting does is increase tensions and prevent reasonable discourse. 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments They conducted an online experiment with more than 748 participants to see how looking at funny pictures will affect them and influence the way they're coping with the pandemic stress. These people reviewed a variety of memes and were asked to rate the cuteness, humor, and emotional responses prompted by the materials. Also, report if they made them think about COVID-19. #10 Report Final score: 155points POST Auntriarch Auntriarch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Colourised, snort-laugh! 32 32points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 Report Final score: 151points POST El muerto El muerto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago ain't evolution great!! 35 35points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 magicwolfdog Report Final score: 143points POST El muerto El muerto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago and it will for ever be known as "the groundhog epidemic"...maybe we need understand the true meaning of covid to break the spell 25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments "Compared with viewing other media content, viewing memes resulted in Internet users experiencing greater humor and positive emotions. When Internet users viewed memes with captions focused on COVID-19, they reported lower COVID-19-related stress levels than if they viewed memes focused on other topics, suggesting that tackling a stressor directly with humorous popular media content can benefit our emotional state and stress levels." #13 JoshButler Report Final score: 133points POST BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago There's someone swimming in that water lol 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 Report Final score: 124points POST Lilly Rose Poppy Lilly Rose Poppy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Me 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #15 Report Final score: 116points POST Alexei Arntzen Alexei Arntzen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah it's kinda unfortunate they chose the Greek alphabet because "The Omega Variant" sounds like it's gonna be a zombie horror movie 43 43points reply View More Replies... View more comments The lead author of this research, Jessica Gall Myrick, Ph.D., said that "as the pandemic kept dragging on, it became more and more interesting to me how people were using social media and memes in particular, as a way to think about the pandemic." They found that viewing just three memes can already help you cope with the stress that a global pandemic causes you. #16 Report Final score: 114points POST Kimi Tomminello Kimi Tomminello Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I was waiting for him to show up!! 27 27points reply View more comments #17 Report Final score: 112points POST Raven Sheridan Raven Sheridan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Republicans living in their denial alternate reality. 40 40points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 NischaiCharizard Report Final score: 111points POST Beta Beta Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah within the first few hours of the new variant it had only been found in the southern African countries of Israel Belgium Austria Australia Italy etc. 61 61points reply View More Replies... View more comments "This suggests that not all media are uniformly bad for mental health and people should stop and take stock of what type of media they are consuming. If we are all more conscious of how our behaviors, including time spent scrolling, affect our emotional states, then we will better be able to use social media to help us when we need it and to take a break from it when we need that instead," the professor at Pennsylvania State University explained. #19 ManpreetChandu Report Final score: 111points POST Phoebe Willis Phoebe Willis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago F**k me, try need for 20 mins lol 13 13points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 Pipeline_ Report Final score: 109points POST Soap Soap Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago All hail Hypnotoad! 31 31points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Report Final score: 99points POST karla Meixnerová karla Meixnerová Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago One of my "friends" on fb told me, that there is not a letter omicron in Greek alphabet... And that they named it after some guy (forgot the name, sorry) who produces Graphene, which is in vaccine and which cause infertility :D 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments If you already scrolled through the list and still feel like the dark cloud of the pandemic is looming over your head, we've got you covered. There's plenty of funny things to laugh at, from "My Plans vs. 2020", the best Covid vaccine memes to jokes about the first year of the pandemic. #22 Report Final score: 98points POST Paul C. Paul C. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Great film! 12 12points reply #23 Report Final score: 96points POST Rissie Rissie Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yes and that's why you don't fix it by going back on that track. Dikke duh. 8 8points reply View more comments #24 Report Final score: 93points POST BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Honestly at this point if aliens came I wouldn't be shocked. I'm just expecting these things to happen at this point. 48 48points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 chrizmillr Report Final score: 90points POST rspanther rspanther Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I wonder what they will name the sequel? 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 HoxxAuthCode Report Final score: 75points POST best turtle best turtle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago accurate they all can destroy the world 5 5points reply View more comments #27 mangagod Report Final score: 74points POST Marianne Saiso Marianne Saiso Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago What's this from? I don't recognise it. Thx :) 5 5points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #28 Ninedeath Report Final score: 73points POST the child the child Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago i've just stopped caring 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 Report Final score: 67points POST Paul C. Paul C. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Just stick a fork in me, I'm done! 22 22points reply View more comments #30 Report Final score: 61points POST El muerto El muerto Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago plans for 2022..hahaha...some people are just adorably naiv. 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 50 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add New Image Add Your Photo To This List Please use high-res photos without watermarks Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. 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But hey! Freedom over life right? 32 32points reply Mohammad Ammar Mohammad Ammar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Even if everyone was willing to get vacinated, vaccine hourding by rich countries would have gotten us here. 5 5points reply Load More Replies... Noway Noway Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Not if there was any semblance of restricted travel. 1 1point reply J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Europe sent several thousand doses into under developed countries to the point we hadn't enough to vaccinate everybody in the beginning 1 1point reply Kevin Corcoran Kevin Corcoran Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago It's not about sending thousands of vaccines, or millions for that matter. It would be about waiving intellectual property rights so other countries could manufacture them freely. That would have changed a lot. But what do you think is happening instead? We're protecting commercial interests over human life. And don't pretend Pharma hasn't made their investment back by now. 8 8points reply Evil Little Thing Evil Little Thing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Several thousand doses isn't going to make a difference when the world population is 7.5 billion. 5 5points reply J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Well, the people from the rich countries also need vaccines, giving everything away would have been a desaster. Shows perfect the problem with 3rd world countries, though. If the rich countries can't help them they are screwed (something that didn't change since decades and will stay so) 1 1point reply Mohammad Ammar Mohammad Ammar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Countries like Canada had enough doses to vaccinate their population twice over. Also, rich countries had started booster shots when many in developing countries still hadn't gotten their first shot. 1 1point reply Tee Witt Tee Witt Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago What about the wealthy of those countries, which there are many, do they spend anything on vaccines or just take the free ones first. ? 0 0points reply Theodore Lawler Theodore Lawler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago You are stupid. 0 0points reply Viv Hart Viv Hart Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Hoarding 0 0points reply LadyHawk LadyHawk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah, keep blaming everyone who isn’t vaccinated. Please stop and think for a few minutes with me! Some of us are in medical situations where we simply can’t be vaccinated. With any vaccines and not just Covid. I can’t even get a simple flu or tetanus shot. But I’m still one of those being blamed for the ongoing pandemic. I didn’t start this mess. Nor did anyone else I know of who can’t be vaccinated. You know how the flu varies from year to year with a different type and different mutations? COVID’s doing the same thing, just a bit faster. And there’s no real off season for this virus so we’re stuck with it year round. Please don’t tell me again how I need to be vaccinated to save the world. I can’t do I stay home. I’m close to being bedridden anyway. I wear masks when I do happen to get out. I’m honestly more concerned about how I can protect my service dog from it. I depend on her for so much but there’s so little info about protecting her out there. 0 0points reply Shelbi S Shelbi S Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Being medically unable to receive a vaccine is worlds away from refusing to get it because somehow your rights are being violated. I hope you're able to get through this mess safely. Your service dog as well! 1 1point reply Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Except no, because the jab is barely effective, 90% of masks even in hospitals are rubbish (only ffp3 are effective), social distancing isn't enough, people are grotty and don't wash their hands, and most importantly importantly that's not how viruses work otherwise flu wouldn't exist anymore. -6 -6points reply Tamra Stiffler Tamra Stiffler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Thus far, the vaccine has been extraordinarily helpful - not perfect, by any means - but has prevented many, many deaths and extreme forms of symptoms. I'm not sure where your information is coming from. 4 4points reply Honu Honu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago It seems very "all or nothing". The vaccine doesn't prevent all infection or all deaths, therefore rubbish. Most masks don't block the virus 100%, therefore rubbish. In reality, a layered approach of multiple techniques is having a good effect. Vaccines, which moderately reduce infection and greatly reduce severe disease and death, combined with masks and distancing which moderately reduce transmission (and viral load when it is transmitted) are keeping the infection, hospitalization, and fatality rates lower in the communities that are using them. I live in a county that is among the most vaccinated in the US where we still mask indoors in public. Our case and death rates are 1/4 the national average and about 1/10 of of our low-vax red states. That doesn't look like rubbish to me. 7 7points reply Emmydearest Emmydearest Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago And "masks don't work"... I've never quarantined, always went to work, even during the first wave (in Italy, and you know how hard it hit us). Always with precautions: masks, sanitizing hands, social distancing...Every year i get one or two strong cold, like a clock. Well, nothing in 2020, nothing in 2021... Masks are not perfect but they work enough 2 2points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Can you try being wrong about something less harmful? 2 2points reply Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I think you have been misled. 1 1point reply Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Just came to the comment section to see if there were any anti-vaxxers left alive that still have the balls to come here and post about how the vaccines are fake. Lmaooo 16 16points reply Daniela Magozzi Amdahl Daniela Magozzi Amdahl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Anti vaxxers have balls. Actually, sperm from unvaccinated men is highly sought after these days. 0 0points reply Load More Replies... Greg Lembke Greg Lembke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. People who travel are the ones spreading this. The only people who can travel are vaccinated. I hope you see where this is going... -17 -17points reply ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I didn't know republicans travelled? I was under the impression they thought USA was the entire world. 4 4points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This is also factually untrue Greg. You can get on many flights without a vacation. On arrival, many countries have different testing and isolation rules for non jabbed - but you can still get on the plane. 2 2points reply Petra, princess of Brigid Petra, princess of Brigid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Time is an abstract concept and has no influence on real life events, so who knows how long we'll be stuck with all these things happening. :( 4 4points reply Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Well we do know that if everyone would just do their part, it would end a lot faster. 2 2points reply Load More Replies... ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Objectively incorrect. Google "dimensional analysis physics" 1 1point reply Petra, princess of Brigid Petra, princess of Brigid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Welp, I stand corrected. 2 2points reply Load More Comments POST Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Funny how if everyone got the vaccine when it first came out, wore masks and socially distanced than we wouldn’t be at this stage. But hey! Freedom over life right? 32 32points reply Mohammad Ammar Mohammad Ammar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Even if everyone was willing to get vacinated, vaccine hourding by rich countries would have gotten us here. 5 5points reply Load More Replies... Noway Noway Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Not if there was any semblance of restricted travel. 1 1point reply J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Europe sent several thousand doses into under developed countries to the point we hadn't enough to vaccinate everybody in the beginning 1 1point reply Kevin Corcoran Kevin Corcoran Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago It's not about sending thousands of vaccines, or millions for that matter. It would be about waiving intellectual property rights so other countries could manufacture them freely. That would have changed a lot. But what do you think is happening instead? We're protecting commercial interests over human life. And don't pretend Pharma hasn't made their investment back by now. 8 8points reply Evil Little Thing Evil Little Thing Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Several thousand doses isn't going to make a difference when the world population is 7.5 billion. 5 5points reply J. F. J. F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Well, the people from the rich countries also need vaccines, giving everything away would have been a desaster. Shows perfect the problem with 3rd world countries, though. If the rich countries can't help them they are screwed (something that didn't change since decades and will stay so) 1 1point reply Mohammad Ammar Mohammad Ammar Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Countries like Canada had enough doses to vaccinate their population twice over. Also, rich countries had started booster shots when many in developing countries still hadn't gotten their first shot. 1 1point reply Tee Witt Tee Witt Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago What about the wealthy of those countries, which there are many, do they spend anything on vaccines or just take the free ones first. ? 0 0points reply Theodore Lawler Theodore Lawler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago You are stupid. 0 0points reply Viv Hart Viv Hart Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Hoarding 0 0points reply LadyHawk LadyHawk Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Yeah, keep blaming everyone who isn’t vaccinated. Please stop and think for a few minutes with me! Some of us are in medical situations where we simply can’t be vaccinated. With any vaccines and not just Covid. I can’t even get a simple flu or tetanus shot. But I’m still one of those being blamed for the ongoing pandemic. I didn’t start this mess. Nor did anyone else I know of who can’t be vaccinated. You know how the flu varies from year to year with a different type and different mutations? COVID’s doing the same thing, just a bit faster. And there’s no real off season for this virus so we’re stuck with it year round. Please don’t tell me again how I need to be vaccinated to save the world. I can’t do I stay home. I’m close to being bedridden anyway. I wear masks when I do happen to get out. I’m honestly more concerned about how I can protect my service dog from it. I depend on her for so much but there’s so little info about protecting her out there. 0 0points reply Shelbi S Shelbi S Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Being medically unable to receive a vaccine is worlds away from refusing to get it because somehow your rights are being violated. I hope you're able to get through this mess safely. Your service dog as well! 1 1point reply Devil's Advocate Devil's Advocate Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. Except no, because the jab is barely effective, 90% of masks even in hospitals are rubbish (only ffp3 are effective), social distancing isn't enough, people are grotty and don't wash their hands, and most importantly importantly that's not how viruses work otherwise flu wouldn't exist anymore. -6 -6points reply Tamra Stiffler Tamra Stiffler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Thus far, the vaccine has been extraordinarily helpful - not perfect, by any means - but has prevented many, many deaths and extreme forms of symptoms. I'm not sure where your information is coming from. 4 4points reply Honu Honu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago It seems very "all or nothing". The vaccine doesn't prevent all infection or all deaths, therefore rubbish. Most masks don't block the virus 100%, therefore rubbish. In reality, a layered approach of multiple techniques is having a good effect. Vaccines, which moderately reduce infection and greatly reduce severe disease and death, combined with masks and distancing which moderately reduce transmission (and viral load when it is transmitted) are keeping the infection, hospitalization, and fatality rates lower in the communities that are using them. I live in a county that is among the most vaccinated in the US where we still mask indoors in public. Our case and death rates are 1/4 the national average and about 1/10 of of our low-vax red states. That doesn't look like rubbish to me. 7 7points reply Emmydearest Emmydearest Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago And "masks don't work"... I've never quarantined, always went to work, even during the first wave (in Italy, and you know how hard it hit us). Always with precautions: masks, sanitizing hands, social distancing...Every year i get one or two strong cold, like a clock. Well, nothing in 2020, nothing in 2021... Masks are not perfect but they work enough 2 2points reply Aeon Flux Aeon Flux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Can you try being wrong about something less harmful? 2 2points reply Mike Crow Mike Crow Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I think you have been misled. 1 1point reply Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Just came to the comment section to see if there were any anti-vaxxers left alive that still have the balls to come here and post about how the vaccines are fake. Lmaooo 16 16points reply Daniela Magozzi Amdahl Daniela Magozzi Amdahl Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 9 months ago Anti vaxxers have balls. Actually, sperm from unvaccinated men is highly sought after these days. 0 0points reply Load More Replies... Greg Lembke Greg Lembke Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. People who travel are the ones spreading this. The only people who can travel are vaccinated. I hope you see where this is going... -17 -17points reply ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago I didn't know republicans travelled? I was under the impression they thought USA was the entire world. 4 4points reply Wondering Alice Wondering Alice Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago This is also factually untrue Greg. You can get on many flights without a vacation. On arrival, many countries have different testing and isolation rules for non jabbed - but you can still get on the plane. 2 2points reply Petra, princess of Brigid Petra, princess of Brigid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago (edited) Time is an abstract concept and has no influence on real life events, so who knows how long we'll be stuck with all these things happening. :( 4 4points reply Walking On Sunshine Walking On Sunshine Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Well we do know that if everyone would just do their part, it would end a lot faster. 2 2points reply Load More Replies... ZAPanda ZAPanda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Objectively incorrect. Google "dimensional analysis physics" 1 1point reply Petra, princess of Brigid Petra, princess of Brigid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 10 months ago Welp, I stand corrected. 2 2points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. Woman Takes DNA Test For Fun Only To Discover Her Long-Term Boyfriend Is Her Full Sibling "I Just Said Thank You And Left": Man’s Nice Gesture Is Praised After Pizza Hut Driver Got A $20 Tip On A $938 Order Woman Flabbergasted At Thrift Store's Prices, Calls Them Out By Sharing 14 Examples 50 Parents Having A Pretty Miserable Day Photoshop Troll Who Takes Photo Requests Too Literally Strikes Again, And The Result Is Hilarious (17 Pics) Popular on Bored Panda 30 Y.O. 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