717
Posted on June 15, 2020 at 11:08 am by Gene Ambaum
As Willow just told me, this comic worked three months ago when I wrote it, back when the CDC was telling folks that masks didn’t matter.
I looked at it this morning before posting it and thought that it read like Martin was being a bit dumb. I think we’re all a bit dumb sometimes, even librarians, and I thought this would lead to a bit of discussion in the comments. But I was wrong –clearly it doesn’t work now.
It quickly became clear from all of the comments on Facebook and Instagram that this was simply irritating many of you, and the discussion showed signs of turning into an angry masks vs. no masks debate. I should have seen this coming but didn’t. My goal is to give you a moment of levity in your day, not to add to worldsuck.
I apologize if Library Comic let you down today. My fault entirely.
-Gene
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Not cool. You’re not wearing a mask for your safety, it’s for those around you.
Okay, independent of everything else… The ending made me snicker. Thanks for the funny.
Please, please have your “intelligent” librarian realize his mistake! We need to protect others by wearing our masks. It’s courtesy, it’s respect and it’s one of the best weapons we have for fighting COVID.
Yep. Please see the post under the comic, or this blog post: http://librarycomic.com/todays-comic-717/
Leaving it up on the site as a reference.
Time will show how we have all been taken for a ride by the criminals at CDC and WHO. Masks are hazardous to individual health due to CO2 build-up and bacteria. People can get the “virus” if there was one through the eyes. Thanks for your wonderful strip.
Many companies laid off employees who refused to get inoculated and keep updated, but masks became more optional at one point. I kept wearing one as long as I could, and only got COVID last summer (I’d have gotten a booster if not since they’re still free). So I think I did pretty good.