Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for January 17, 2025

Now let’s train it and set it on our enemies. Early germ warfare?

I will hug him and pet him and call him George…

I have never in my life caught a cold…but a bunch of them have caught me.

To paraphrase Maxwell Smart, “that’s the second biggest virus I’ve ever seen”.

“It’s the incomplete known that concerns the complete unknown.” – uncommon heat monitor

NOPE!! We don’t want anymore of those things Wiz!!!!

Bit hard to breathe that one in. I like it.

Yikes!

Gain of function research?

It is said that there is no cure for the common cold because there are so many different viruses that cause it and they mutate — and because of that it is (would be) virtually “impossible” to produce a vaccine that would protect against them all.

If today’s comic were to be a little more real, it would have hundreds/thousands of enlarged viruses.

I just caught this giant cold!

What would happen if you punched it?

Or poured soap and water on it?

Just be sure to duck in plenty of time.

Yeah, time to supersize it!

Just right for Rodney’s nose!

Looks like the macrovirus from Star Trek Voyager.

The common cold is a Covid virus.

Not sure that helps!

Uncommon, to be sure.

That would be quite useful to have the preternatural ability to detect when someone is infected with a virus and contagious.

Run dude run, it’s comin straight at ya!!

DUCK AND COVER!

very good

…..still not gonna help!!!!!

“It just hits different…”

and

“You ought to see the shot for it!”

A mask can stop that, not much else when it comes to viruses. Wash your hands. Often.

Is that what gets stuck in your nose or lungs?

A good stick should cure the sick.

If that thing goes up your nose, you’re gonna have real problems!

Time to bring the ol Dimetapp X500 cannon