Gary Varvel for March 27, 2020

She does NOT “think” the playground is safe. She wishes and hopes it is. Meanwhile, I’m wishing and hoping that she doesn’t take the kids from here to go visit grandma and grandpa. But not counting on it, based on her observed “intellilgence”.

She probably thinks science is quite an inconvenience.

Anti vax too probably

Of course it’s safe. The virus is a Democratic hoax. Our president said so. Dear MAGAns, go outside and hug all your friends and just take care to avoid those dirty Democrats. That’ll show those dumb libruls.

Trump wants all playgrounds open by Easter!

It would be safe if it was “only” your kids using it. Sadly, that trashy family down the street sends their brats there too.

Gary hope you head your Presidents message and no longer social distance on Easter Sunday

I cannot tell you how many times I have see this very thing this week!

We have to stop this virus. Let’s all go pack ourselves into church this Sunday, greet each other with a brotherly kiss, and lay hands on each other, and we’ll cure it.

Oh, and bring your guns. All social problems can be healed with prayer and guns.

Where I live (a suburb of Detroit), all the playgrounds in parks have yellow tape wrapped around them.

sigh

Well Gary If you and your Evangelicals PRAY REAL HARD you can be immune to the virus.

Just like you do with Vaccinations.

That is why Jerry Falwell the Lesser is re-opening Liberty University.

Get back to work, old rich republicans who live off your labor are getting nervous.

Gary, are you actually promoting people keeping their kids away from public gatherings? Do you have a signed permission slip to do that?

I didn’t know whether to laugh or scream so I did both: Picture — Nice day, popular urban walking trail during COVID-19 S-I-P, trail full of people, including bicyclists wearing…what protective gear? A bicycle helmet, of course! How many ways can we find to be stupid? Never mind; rhetorical question.

And with this warning that there were still stupid people out there, the trump bashers still have to get their two cents in rather than spreading the word that social distancing means just that.

In most of the country the odds of coming into contact with the virus Today is slim. In my county, even if the reported cases are 100 times greater than reported, there’s still better than a 99% chance you won’t come in contact with someone/thing infected. However, if by staying isolated for a couple of weeks we can get that to almost 100%, I’ll stay in the house.

Spot on Gary! Damned fools!

A very unexpected cartoon. Gary Varvel seems to be portraying reality, and criticizing those who ignore it.

Thank you, Gary.

“I think the playground is safe.”

Nope. Your kids are spreading the coronavirus there, which they got from you, who got it either when you went shopping or from your husband, who picked it up at work.

In 2017, the White House’s National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense survived the transition intact. Its mission was the same as when the Obama administration established it after the Ebola epidemic of 2014: to do everything possible within the vast powers and resources of the U.S. government to prepare for the next disease outbreak and prevent it from becoming an epidemic or pandemic.One year later, the White House dissolved the office, leaving the country less prepared for pandemics like covid-19.The U.S. government’s slow and inadequate response to the new coronavirus underscores the need for organized, accountable leadership to prepare for and respond to pandemic threats.In a health security crisis, speed is essential. When this new coronavirus emerged, there was no clear White House-led structure to oversee our response, and we lost valuable time. Health systems are struggling to test patients and keep pace with growing caseloads. The specter of rapid community transmission and exponential growth is real and daunting. The job of a White House pandemics office would have been to get ahead: to accelerate the response, empower experts, anticipate failures, and act quickly and transparently to solve problems. It’s impossible to assess the full impact of the 2018 decision to disband the White House office responsible for this work, but it is clear that eliminating the office has contributed to the federal government’s sluggish domestic response. What’s especially concerning about the absence of this office today is that it was originally set up because a previous epidemic made the need for it quite clear.When asked about the slow roll-out of coronavirus tests in the U.S. on March 13, President Trump responded, “I don’t take responsibility at all.” Trump is not just responsible for it. He owns it The Trump Plague is not just his responsibility. It’s his fault.

Last Friday, I looked up a map of my state to find a county that had no reported cases of the Trump Plague. I had been self isolated for three weeks, so I felt like it was safe that I wouldn’t infect anyone, then drove 40 miles to the grocery store in that county. I’m 75 and have type A blood, so if you think that’s overreacting, I hope you’re right, but I doubt it. I got $200 worth of groceries, should last at least until the end of July.

Then, I noticed a pharmacy tech and asked her " Are there any cases reported here yet?" Her answer: “We wouldn’t know, we have some people we’d like to test, but we have to get the tests from either St Louis or Chicago, and they don’t have enough to test their own people.” So, if you think you are in a Trump Plague free zone, that may be just another one of his lies.

Wow. This may be the first time ever that I can simply agree with Varvel.

It’ll be like Liberty University. You can’t get the Virus if you Pray hard enough. If you get sick, it is because you are an infidel or simply Blasphemous .

The first two maxims of the universe, “What ever can go wrong will, and at the most inopportune time!”, and “There is no such thing as a free lunch!”