Barney & Clyde by Gene Weingarten; Dan Weingarten & David Clark for August 15, 2022

A mask, yes, but not over his nose and mouth. Not effective.

Seldom is not the same as never. There have been incidents — admittedly rare — of pet dogs and cats being found to have covid. But then, testing them is also rare. And I’ve not heard of anyone testing raccoons, yet.

My wife and I took the covid test last week and the swabs were every bit as fun as people said they were

We both thought about the cats, and what it would be like if we had to swab all 4 of those little noses

Might be as life threatening as covid

Those people

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/r%C3%A4uber-der-weg-mit-geld-l%C3%A4uft-wilder-westen-der-cowboys-85664954.jpg

were, like, visionaries.

Love the raccoon’s eye roll in the last panel.

ba dum tss

Not only will we never be rid of the covid but polio is making a comeback. Next it will be smallpox and all those other childhood diseases that we worked so hard to conquer back in the day. Lemings, that’s what we’ve become.

He seems fine now. Harsh gunja?

Chill, Rocky! You ain’t in no hurry!

I had a sick raccoon in the yard Saturday. I called Animal Control, together we netted it and it was taken to a wildlife rescue for evaluation and euthanasia.3 hours later i get a text with a patient number telling me I can call to see how it is doing.