The insurance industry has started denying claims for hospital stays for Covid. They figure you won’t be there if you’ve been vaccinated, and, if you haven’t, you should pay for it yourself. Maybe, that will scare people into getting the shots.
One of my close kin got vaccinated (only) because I set up the appointment, then guilted them about calling to cancel at least a couple of days in advance, so someone else would have a chance (this was back when they were being released according to some priority system)… and they’re not good at that sort of thing. Then I took them, personally, to the appointment. And prodded them to the second one.
But, bottom line, they’re still unhappy about “big pharma” and “intrusive government” and (for all I know) Bill Gates and RFID chips… so I sincerely doubt they’ll get another. (They also don’t get flu shots, or visit the doctor until they have to be hauled to the ER by friends or family).
I know two people that refused to get the shot. Until they both got Covid-19 that is, then they became believers. Prior to the last President getting elected I had no idea there were so many stupid/misinformed people in this country!
That is where all the data helps. Balance the risk vs age vs reaction. For my age it was easy. For my daughter not so much. For my grandkids, again easy.
A poor comic today. I do not know what to think about it. My body, my choice, used to be a leftist slogan. In the meantime, the left became authoritarian.
Hey everybody, we live in a FREE country. If you’re that worried about all of this then stay home. I got vaccinated and it is none of your business. Live and let live.
If unvaccinated folk did NOT pose a health risk to others, I’d say, let them get sick, it’s their choice alone.
But it’s a public health crisis. It’s still their choice, but that choice has consequences that affect other people in the community—people you know and interact with— and the healthcare system.
No matter what your reason is for your hesitancy (“owning the libs”, denying the current president a “win”, the microchip, etc), please consider getting the vaccine, especially now that the list of real consequences (losing your job, having to be tested on a regular basis, unable to travel) is growing.
If you want to know the truth and unfortunately some of you don’t the decision to get or not get the shot is not a political one. This fear of vaccines is on both sides. I live right in the middle of what you would call Trump country. People still have his signs up. And guess what? Everyone I know has gotten their shot. The only one I know that hasn’t is a 27 year old woman who is a clerk in my office and she is non-political. The media is portraying it as a left right thing so as to keep us divided as always and to get us not to look at things that make us question Biden. It is only a political issue because the politicians and and media claim it is. Half the people in America don’t get yearly flu shots.
I have much more sympathy for people who lived through the Black Death now. I used to think they were all ignorant and superstitious… and then came COVID.
Just think, dumbasses of the world! What would America be like if other vaccines were not concocted for MUMPS, MEASLES, CHICKEN POX, RUEBELLA, POLIO, ETC, ETC!!! How stupid can anyone be?
Way to go Rat. Your bed side manner is a little rough but we can work with it. The Covid-19 pandemic of THE UNVACCINATED is a danger to us all. Anti-vaxers are allowing this virus to mutate to ever more dangerous iterations. You do not exist in a vacuum! You ARE part of a bigger organism called humanity. We all do have some responsibility to greater whole of humanity. DO NOT POLITICIZE a pandemic as it is a pathogen that can harm or kill anyone of us. We have vaccinated ourselves against things such as polio for a century. Find the truth but beware of those who peddle their OPINIONS as TRUTH for they usually have a counter productive ideology that has no concern for your or health or wellbeing. Do not surrender your intelligence to conspiracy theories. Make it a great day.
hey are you drunk while driving? how dare you ask. I am aware that this may lead to running over somebody and even getting somebody killed but how do you dare ask if I may place in danger the people around me for my own actions
are you carrying a concealed weapon? hey that’s crossing the line; is not your business if I break the law or not, even if the purpose of a gun is to shot somebody else
do you intend to go with a gun to a school? hey that’s not your business, the law (or at least the law I just made up even if there is no real law about it) says I can do whatever I can, and if you tell me otherwise you are violating my rights and my freedom, which obviously is doing whatever I want no matter what other people want or are allowed to
do you plan to use a mask? I can not breathe with that thing, so even if I may be spreading the virus being part of a society and watching over other people’s rights is against my constitutional rights. Poor me, boohoo
are you vaccinated? since there is a risk even though is way smaller (at least 100 times smaller, and even more in senior groups) than the risk of being infected and having severe symptoms including possible death, it is my choice. Of course other people are obligated to serve me and put other costumers at risk because of course, it is them who don’t have a choice, so of course you are way out of line
And many do not get the flu shot. Interesting how the seasonal flu numbers are almost nil compared to COVID numbers. Many folks cannot tolerate the vaccine. Some get the shot and have adverse reactions. Although the Delta variant has a higher rate of occurring, the actual death numbers are either not reported or extremely low. Whether to get a medical injection is a personal matter, as was the flu vaccine, which did cause many deaths. In this America with HIPA regulations, it’s no one business.
If you ask someone if they’re vaccinated and they don’t immediately say “Oh yeah, I got (name of vaccine and month” then odds are they’re unvaccinated and you should immediately leave.
Only way to deal with people like that is to inconvenience them. It’s all that seems to get through their thick skulls.
Yes, the stupid and misinformed really became obvious when Trump was president. He was the best president we have ever had, and they hated him because he did what was right and smart making them look stupid.
A study of the people refusing to vaccinate show that Blacks and Hispanics have a much higher percentage overall. Harris is on record as saying that she would take the vaccine because it is “trump’s” vaccine. She has little credibility on vaccine mandates as a result.
I thought Covid-19 was a fairy tale! Caught by someone else, but not by me. / It was out to get me, that’s the way it seemed / Covid-19 haunted all my dreams
Then I caught the bug, now I’m a believer / Not a trace, of doubt in my mind / I’m in bed, and I’m a believer! / I couldn’t leave here if I tried!
I thought masks were more or less a given thing That others might wear them, I would not! / What’s the use in vaccines? All the shots in vain! / ’Cause I hated needles, I got pain!
And then I caught the bug! Now I’m a cadaver! / Not a trace, of air in my lungs! / I’m in Hell! I’m a believer! I couldn’t leave here if I tried!
What’s the use of crying? I’m as good as dead! They’re buyin’ marble for my head! / ‘Cause I caught the bug! Now I’m a cadaver!
Is there anyone out there who got the vaccine and refuses to answer this question? I’ve certainly never met such a person. Everyone I know takes “I don’t want to answer” to mean “no.” So you’ve still answered the question, you’ve just done so in a way that makes me feel like you aren’t actually confident in your conviction that you don’t need a vaccine. Because if you truly believed you didn’t, why would you hide your unvaccinated status? If you are ashamed of your answer, you should rethink your stance. Otherwise, grow up and just answer the question so the rest of us can take precautions in our interactions with you.
He didn’t reveal whether or not he was vaccinated. Rat just RE-vaccinated someone, possibly. Wasted resources that could have gone to someone needing it, because of rat-panic. Anti-vax MANDATE does NOT equal anti-vax.
Where did Bob say he wasn’t vaccinated? Why are 204 people commenting on his NOT being vaccinated when all he said was MYOB about who is vaccinated and who isn’t? You don’t know he isn’t vaccinated. You just know he doesn’t want to tell YOU. Mob mentality leading the stupid, as usual.
Funny how the right passed laws that make knowingly giving someone HIV – which is now treatable – a felony but don’t apply the same logic to an even more deadly disease that is far easier to spread?
My idea is to give out dart guns with darts that have the vaccine, and you bring in proof you “gave” someone their first vaccine you get $100. $200 if you gave a person their second vaccine. $400 if you give the same person both vaccines. $300 if you give the third booster for Pfized. $800 the two needed and the booster to the same person. If an un-vaccinated person hurts a vaccinator, it’s the death penalty. No stand your ground defense or castle doctrine.
I’m sick of people getting rewarded for getting their vaccine late. Those of us who did it as soon as we could need some compensation.
I don’t take the vaccine because time has shown it does not work. It does not keep anyone from getting the virus and some studies show the viral load being spread is much greater in those who have been vaccinated when they do get it.
Plus it’s not even a vaccine, as it does not contain a weakened form of the virus; it works more like a gene therapy, except that it doesn’t work correctly. In fact it’s so bad now they want you to get a booster every six months. That’s insane.
If you want to ignore all the reports of health issues caused by it and take it, more power to you, but don’t come at me insisting I put that garbage in my body. It’s my body and my choice. I’d rather take my chances with Covid that I have a 0.1% chance of dying from. And the Delta one is even more benign, that’s why the news no longer talks deaths, just cases. That’s how a virus evolves in time, it becomes less deadly, because if it kills all its potential hosts then it dies too. Like everything else that has some form of life, it wants to live too.
The good news seems to be that those of us actually using our brains only have to hold out for a few years, the opinion is a good majority of those who took this thing will die in that time. I for one plan to point and laugh.
You will never win the battle against stupidity, the gods themselves fight in vain; and if you challenge a fool in public, you take the risk that no one will appreciate the difference.
BE THIS GUY over 3 years ago
I hope that was a Johnson & Johnson — one and done.
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago
Doctor Rat shot #1.
GROG Premium Member over 3 years ago
I think we may need to use force against the unvaccinated.
marilynnbyerly over 3 years ago
The insurance industry has started denying claims for hospital stays for Covid. They figure you won’t be there if you’ve been vaccinated, and, if you haven’t, you should pay for it yourself. Maybe, that will scare people into getting the shots.
B UTTONS over 3 years ago
Neighbor Bob administered Rat a dose of distemper vaccination the hard way.
Concretionist over 3 years ago
One of my close kin got vaccinated (only) because I set up the appointment, then guilted them about calling to cancel at least a couple of days in advance, so someone else would have a chance (this was back when they were being released according to some priority system)… and they’re not good at that sort of thing. Then I took them, personally, to the appointment. And prodded them to the second one.
But, bottom line, they’re still unhappy about “big pharma” and “intrusive government” and (for all I know) Bill Gates and RFID chips… so I sincerely doubt they’ll get another. (They also don’t get flu shots, or visit the doctor until they have to be hauled to the ER by friends or family).
gduncan58 over 3 years ago
I know two people that refused to get the shot. Until they both got Covid-19 that is, then they became believers. Prior to the last President getting elected I had no idea there were so many stupid/misinformed people in this country!
gduncan58 over 3 years ago
Also, if they are truly worried about tracking devices in their bloodstream due to the shot how do you tell them about their cell phones?
pschearer Premium Member over 3 years ago
A modest proposal: Require anyone who isn’t vaccinated to wear a biohazard sign around their neck.
BasilBruce over 3 years ago
I always suspected that Rat fantasized about shooting people, but I didn’t picture this.
amethyst52 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Now that the Pfizer has been approved the wing nuts will come up with some other lame excuse not to get it.
wiatr over 3 years ago
Yay for Rat!
Cornelius Noodleman over 3 years ago
There probably wasn’t covid vaccine in that hypodermic, it was BEER!
tudza Premium Member over 3 years ago
We don’t know if the guy was vaccinated or not. He simply objected to being asked. Rat is way out of line here.
Qiset over 3 years ago
That is where all the data helps. Balance the risk vs age vs reaction. For my age it was easy. For my daughter not so much. For my grandkids, again easy.
Caldonia over 3 years ago
Never would’ve taken Neighbor Bob for…whatever anti-vaxxers deserve to be called.
wheaters over 3 years ago
Check the number of fully-‘vaccinated’ people who are dying of Covid-19, then call people who choose not to be ‘vaccinated’ stupid.
unfair.de over 3 years ago
No surprise he reacted that aggressive: You spilled Bobs coffee, Rat!
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member over 3 years ago
I do not care if antivaxxers jump off a cliff. I just do not want them polluting my grandchildren.
jackpop over 3 years ago
A poor comic today. I do not know what to think about it. My body, my choice, used to be a leftist slogan. In the meantime, the left became authoritarian.
AndreasMartin over 3 years ago
Also he’s a bit dissapointed that it did not kill him and that he even doesn’t hear secret mesages from Bill Gates.
Zoturdley Premium Member over 3 years ago
Hey everybody, we live in a FREE country. If you’re that worried about all of this then stay home. I got vaccinated and it is none of your business. Live and let live.
GabryelFrost over 3 years ago
Be a good nazi and take a shot !
Khpg over 3 years ago
Well that’s it for me. I left this strip it was so depressing and political and tried once more, but nope can’t do it. Ugh, used to be funny.
mjb515 over 3 years ago
It is amazing how this pandemic has revealed how many people favor totalitarianism.
Sir Ruddy Blighter, Jr. over 3 years ago
If unvaccinated folk did NOT pose a health risk to others, I’d say, let them get sick, it’s their choice alone.
But it’s a public health crisis. It’s still their choice, but that choice has consequences that affect other people in the community—people you know and interact with— and the healthcare system.
No matter what your reason is for your hesitancy (“owning the libs”, denying the current president a “win”, the microchip, etc), please consider getting the vaccine, especially now that the list of real consequences (losing your job, having to be tested on a regular basis, unable to travel) is growing.
Lenavid over 3 years ago
Come on, Bob. The government and Big Pharma know what’s best for you. Now you don’t have the burden of having to think for yourself anymore.
tripwire45 over 3 years ago
Not sure I’d trust an unqualified rat to administer a medication. Is that what it’s come down to?
edjer123 over 3 years ago
You have one of the best comic strips going. Please don’t start shilling for the government.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 3 years ago
Some people who wear seat belts still get hurt in auto accidents, therefor you don’t need the vaccine. ~ Anti-Vax Anthem
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
You’ve gotta get that shot or else the world will never recover and we’ll have to wear these masks forever.
Cameron1988 Premium Member over 3 years ago
I’m shocked SHOCKED that Rat did the whole world a favor!
Willywise52 Premium Member over 3 years ago
We need more Rats!
Gent over 3 years ago
Wow. The harbinger of the plague is vaccinating someone? I never thoughts I’d sees anything like this.
ILK over 3 years ago
If you want to know the truth and unfortunately some of you don’t the decision to get or not get the shot is not a political one. This fear of vaccines is on both sides. I live right in the middle of what you would call Trump country. People still have his signs up. And guess what? Everyone I know has gotten their shot. The only one I know that hasn’t is a 27 year old woman who is a clerk in my office and she is non-political. The media is portraying it as a left right thing so as to keep us divided as always and to get us not to look at things that make us question Biden. It is only a political issue because the politicians and and media claim it is. Half the people in America don’t get yearly flu shots.
wes tnt over 3 years ago
Eat your broccoli!
eolan59 over 3 years ago
I have much more sympathy for people who lived through the Black Death now. I used to think they were all ignorant and superstitious… and then came COVID.
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
Just think, dumbasses of the world! What would America be like if other vaccines were not concocted for MUMPS, MEASLES, CHICKEN POX, RUEBELLA, POLIO, ETC, ETC!!! How stupid can anyone be?
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
Now with the APPROVAL from the FDA, what EXCUSES will they come up with next, not to get the shot?
The Sinistral Bassist Premium Member over 3 years ago
Rat should just put a bullet in his head so he can stop obsessing over everyone else
MS72 over 3 years ago
VERY OFFENSIVE COMIC
Viktor Sirin over 3 years ago
We all need to start flagging every post that is dangerously spreading misinformation regarding the pandemic.
Radish... over 3 years ago
Rat was feeling a bit stabby.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
X-Man Wolverine can’t get the vaccine; his bones are metallic which would bend the needle of the syringe (and he has a healing factor).
LaughterIsJoyMuliplied over 3 years ago
Rat has his convictions and for this one he should do some time.
old_geek over 3 years ago
And the mass hysteria continues.
Sir Uncle Rat69 over 3 years ago
Way to go Rat. Your bed side manner is a little rough but we can work with it. The Covid-19 pandemic of THE UNVACCINATED is a danger to us all. Anti-vaxers are allowing this virus to mutate to ever more dangerous iterations. You do not exist in a vacuum! You ARE part of a bigger organism called humanity. We all do have some responsibility to greater whole of humanity. DO NOT POLITICIZE a pandemic as it is a pathogen that can harm or kill anyone of us. We have vaccinated ourselves against things such as polio for a century. Find the truth but beware of those who peddle their OPINIONS as TRUTH for they usually have a counter productive ideology that has no concern for your or health or wellbeing. Do not surrender your intelligence to conspiracy theories. Make it a great day.
WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago
Rat for president!
Goat from PBS over 3 years ago
Nice to see Rat get beaten up for once.
redback over 3 years ago
hey are you drunk while driving? how dare you ask. I am aware that this may lead to running over somebody and even getting somebody killed but how do you dare ask if I may place in danger the people around me for my own actions
are you carrying a concealed weapon? hey that’s crossing the line; is not your business if I break the law or not, even if the purpose of a gun is to shot somebody else
do you intend to go with a gun to a school? hey that’s not your business, the law (or at least the law I just made up even if there is no real law about it) says I can do whatever I can, and if you tell me otherwise you are violating my rights and my freedom, which obviously is doing whatever I want no matter what other people want or are allowed to
do you plan to use a mask? I can not breathe with that thing, so even if I may be spreading the virus being part of a society and watching over other people’s rights is against my constitutional rights. Poor me, boohoo
are you vaccinated? since there is a risk even though is way smaller (at least 100 times smaller, and even more in senior groups) than the risk of being infected and having severe symptoms including possible death, it is my choice. Of course other people are obligated to serve me and put other costumers at risk because of course, it is them who don’t have a choice, so of course you are way out of line
YorkGirl Premium Member over 3 years ago
And many do not get the flu shot. Interesting how the seasonal flu numbers are almost nil compared to COVID numbers. Many folks cannot tolerate the vaccine. Some get the shot and have adverse reactions. Although the Delta variant has a higher rate of occurring, the actual death numbers are either not reported or extremely low. Whether to get a medical injection is a personal matter, as was the flu vaccine, which did cause many deaths. In this America with HIPA regulations, it’s no one business.
Arbitrary over 3 years ago
If you ask someone if they’re vaccinated and they don’t immediately say “Oh yeah, I got (name of vaccine and month” then odds are they’re unvaccinated and you should immediately leave.
Only way to deal with people like that is to inconvenience them. It’s all that seems to get through their thick skulls.
timothyabigelow over 3 years ago
Yes, the stupid and misinformed really became obvious when Trump was president. He was the best president we have ever had, and they hated him because he did what was right and smart making them look stupid.
kapral over 3 years ago
A study of the people refusing to vaccinate show that Blacks and Hispanics have a much higher percentage overall. Harris is on record as saying that she would take the vaccine because it is “trump’s” vaccine. She has little credibility on vaccine mandates as a result.
Scott S over 3 years ago
One could ask, I suppose.
And the other could tell him none of his beeswax.Drgnslr Premium Member over 3 years ago
There are all kinds of videos and documentation of Biden, Harris and Pelosi telling Americans NOT to take the vaccine while they were campaigning…
Aether [real one follower] over 3 years ago
We can’t have this rat
onespiceybbw over 3 years ago
That’s assault, and rat got what he deserved.
SylviSterling over 3 years ago
I thought Covid-19 was a fairy tale! Caught by someone else, but not by me. / It was out to get me, that’s the way it seemed / Covid-19 haunted all my dreams
Then I caught the bug, now I’m a believer / Not a trace, of doubt in my mind / I’m in bed, and I’m a believer! / I couldn’t leave here if I tried!
I thought masks were more or less a given thing That others might wear them, I would not! / What’s the use in vaccines? All the shots in vain! / ’Cause I hated needles, I got pain!
And then I caught the bug! Now I’m a cadaver! / Not a trace, of air in my lungs! / I’m in Hell! I’m a believer! I couldn’t leave here if I tried!
What’s the use of crying? I’m as good as dead! They’re buyin’ marble for my head! / ‘Cause I caught the bug! Now I’m a cadaver!
knight1192a over 3 years ago
Prove he wasn’t already vaccinated.
Charlie Tuba over 3 years ago
Okay Rat, do your duty!
Oh, are you related to Pizza Rat?
Kip Williams over 3 years ago
Oh, Ivermectin from the feed lot
All the live long day.
Ivermectin, apple flavor,
Just to keep disease away.
.
I don’t listen to my doctor
Though he’s tried to warn;
Ivermectin’s what I’m taking,
Till Gabriel blows his horn.
(Looks familiar? I posted it at Ohman’s cartoon, too. And Twitter.)
notinksanymore over 3 years ago
Is there anyone out there who got the vaccine and refuses to answer this question? I’ve certainly never met such a person. Everyone I know takes “I don’t want to answer” to mean “no.” So you’ve still answered the question, you’ve just done so in a way that makes me feel like you aren’t actually confident in your conviction that you don’t need a vaccine. Because if you truly believed you didn’t, why would you hide your unvaccinated status? If you are ashamed of your answer, you should rethink your stance. Otherwise, grow up and just answer the question so the rest of us can take precautions in our interactions with you.
Ukko wilko over 3 years ago
Beneath comment… but Rat would be dead.
Plods with ...™ over 3 years ago
Damn… I ran out of popcorn
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 3 years ago
I’m surprised that Rat forgot that no good deed goes unpunished.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 3 years ago
Child: Mommy, what’s that scar on your arm?
Mom: That’s where I got my smallpox vaccine.
Child: Why don’t I have one?
Mom: Because it worked.
NWdryad over 3 years ago
Whenever someone answers “it’s personal”, it’s pretty obvious that they didn’t get the vaccine.
apoch003 over 3 years ago
He didn’t reveal whether or not he was vaccinated. Rat just RE-vaccinated someone, possibly. Wasted resources that could have gone to someone needing it, because of rat-panic. Anti-vax MANDATE does NOT equal anti-vax.
apoch003 over 3 years ago
Where did Bob say he wasn’t vaccinated? Why are 204 people commenting on his NOT being vaccinated when all he said was MYOB about who is vaccinated and who isn’t? You don’t know he isn’t vaccinated. You just know he doesn’t want to tell YOU. Mob mentality leading the stupid, as usual.
dvdllr over 3 years ago
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Bob’s response.
ChrisTrey over 3 years ago
Funny how the right passed laws that make knowingly giving someone HIV – which is now treatable – a felony but don’t apply the same logic to an even more deadly disease that is far easier to spread?
hmvanyel over 3 years ago
My idea is to give out dart guns with darts that have the vaccine, and you bring in proof you “gave” someone their first vaccine you get $100. $200 if you gave a person their second vaccine. $400 if you give the same person both vaccines. $300 if you give the third booster for Pfized. $800 the two needed and the booster to the same person. If an un-vaccinated person hurts a vaccinator, it’s the death penalty. No stand your ground defense or castle doctrine.
I’m sick of people getting rewarded for getting their vaccine late. Those of us who did it as soon as we could need some compensation.
Marc Schiffres over 3 years ago
Rat vaccinated Bob and Bob got to beat up Rat.
Really, everyone wins here.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 3 years ago
I want us to get to herd immunity as much as the next guy. Just not that way.
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
Rat’s reckless behavior, even if well-intended, is criminal.
Prosecute!
pontiac59 over 3 years ago
I don’t take the vaccine because time has shown it does not work. It does not keep anyone from getting the virus and some studies show the viral load being spread is much greater in those who have been vaccinated when they do get it.
Plus it’s not even a vaccine, as it does not contain a weakened form of the virus; it works more like a gene therapy, except that it doesn’t work correctly. In fact it’s so bad now they want you to get a booster every six months. That’s insane.
If you want to ignore all the reports of health issues caused by it and take it, more power to you, but don’t come at me insisting I put that garbage in my body. It’s my body and my choice. I’d rather take my chances with Covid that I have a 0.1% chance of dying from. And the Delta one is even more benign, that’s why the news no longer talks deaths, just cases. That’s how a virus evolves in time, it becomes less deadly, because if it kills all its potential hosts then it dies too. Like everything else that has some form of life, it wants to live too.
The good news seems to be that those of us actually using our brains only have to hold out for a few years, the opinion is a good majority of those who took this thing will die in that time. I for one plan to point and laugh.
adolf_barguilla over 3 years ago
You will never win the battle against stupidity, the gods themselves fight in vain; and if you challenge a fool in public, you take the risk that no one will appreciate the difference.
aardvark86au about 3 years ago
Refusing to talk about it pretty much confirms that you haven’t been anyway.