Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 11, 2022

I had the same reaction as Pig when the monkeypox story broke.

Does Pig seem unusually tall in panel 3?

Pig is unavailable for more info today!

I have no reason to worry about MonkeyPox.

Hey! I gotta start using that one!

Given the great way we handled Covid, Monkeypox should be no problem at all.

(gulp)

From what I have read it’s fairly easy to avoid

Time for a new character, Monkey?

Yep Goat…it’s a part of how Reagan ignored AIDS

Never in a million years would I ever thought I would hear that “the president of the United States appoints a monkeypox czar”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-names-monkeypox-czar-after-3-states-declare-state-of-emergency

I’m not overly concerned, but I will not be shaking hands with people I don’t know. We need to eliminate that custom anyway

Meh, something’s gonna kill you eventually.

How can it be a thing if it doesn’t affect me?

Can animals even get monkeypox?

For reasons that escape me, not being “woke” whatever that means, you are not supposed to call it Monkeypox. Are monkeys feeling insulted or something? I haven’t a clue.

but why are you calling them “these people” >

If pigs can catch monkey pox, can monkeys catch swine flu? Sounds like a case for Ouchie Fauci and his Big Pharma Investors.

We have a new option!! Yay!

Virologists have been warning for years about the high likelihood of continuing new threats from viruses. See “Spillover,” “The Next Pandemic,” “Virus Hunters” and other good reads on this.

Everyday a new bug, virus, germ and Pigs right! Too much information! I’ve run out of worry beads!

Without sensationalism (or fabrication), the MEDIA would have NOTHING to ‘report’ on.And since sensationalism, and fabrication sells, this attracts badly needed viewers, which in turn, attracts advertisers, with the net result of a much needed increase in revenue, which is sorely needed to keep these fake ‘news’ sources afloat.

So if chicken pox leaves behind the potential to contract shingles, what does monkey pox leave?

People are cute, they still think that the news services are about keeping people informed. They are really about making money, and nothing sells more than a disaster. If there isn’t one handy they will create one. That is what the extra huge font is for.

Yep, people now are going apeshit

Quote Popeye, “That’s all I can stand, cause I can’t stand no more”. A lot of us have reached our limit…..

Oh wise Piglet on the hill.

So many conspiracies. So many opinions based on one’s own prejudices. It’s been a hoot reading them. Thanks for the chuckles this A.M.

Is it just me, or is the early 21st century eerily similar to the early 20th century? Think about it. Pandemic, economic recession/depression, dictator with a “Libido Dominandi” going around, trying to do what he wants in Europe. It’s simultaneously cool and disconcerting.

I’m so uninformed I forgot this was a thing.

Rats’ patootie can be a limited resource. Sometimes it’s hard to find one to give.

Well,it SHOULD be—-and t here aren’t any monkeys in the strip anyway

I. LOVE. This. Option. Thank you Mr. Pastis for yet another BRILLIANT way of escaping my problems in the least effective way possible!

How many people will die from the misinformation epidemic ?

Worry space has been getting filled up quite quickly this last decade. I’m full and overflowing.

stop ####### with animals and we don’t have any pox

In other news, polio is back in town………….

I’m hiding under the basement stairs.

Misery loves company until it runs out of space.

Ignorance is never a good option.

Pig’s got a point. After a certain amount of this sort of thing, the part of your brain that processes fear goes a bit numb.

It must be running rampant among programmers…it’s transmitted by coming in contact with open source.

If only it were that simple.

We are still seeing "what next?’ manifesting.

Someone remind me why goat has a pig snout, please.

The eternal sunshine of Pig’s mind.

Refraining from homosexual activity will effectively remove any reason for worry.

In Pig’s world all things or no things are equally possible, each in its own time….

It is not something people with sense need to worry about, but you can know about worrisome things and feel sympathy for others without worrying for yourself.

Monkey Pox? Where the heck is PETA? That is definitely a derogatory name against monkeys. I thought we learned this lesson with the China Virus.

Couldn’t find my post, but I originally said “stop ####### with animals and we won’t have ####### poxes” .. to which someone suggested I not comment on things I don’t know about. Well I actually do know how to read so here, I suggest you learn how to read this: NBC News: Sex between men, not skin contact, is fueling monkeypox, new research suggests.https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/sex-men-not-skin-contact-fueling-monkeypox-new-research-suggests-rcna43484

Pig, did you know that you can upgrade your Worry Space with Hammer Space and never run out?