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In a time of trouble and anxiety, humor and laughter can go a long way to help us feel better and make the situation a little more bearable.

Yes, the coronavirus is still ravaging the world. Yes, the number of cases has surpassed 4 million globally. But some people continue to fight the pandemic with jokes and the new ones are just as good as the ones they shared at the beginning of the outbreak.

From ridiculous conspiracy theories to canceled vacations, continue scrolling to see what everyone has come up with this week, and check out our previous compilations: part 1part 2part 3part 4part 5part 6part 7part 8, and part 9.

Ferne Pearlstein, the director of The Last Laugh, a documentary about the role of humor among Jews during, and after, the Holocaust, told The New York Times that while doing research for it she and her team “found that humor was not uncommon — and was used as a coping mechanism in a situation of almost unimaginable horror, as a means of self-defense, a counterattack for people who had few, if any, other ways of fighting back, and even as just simple diversion.”

One Auschwitz survivor, Renee Firestone, said in the film that she could not help but see the bleak irony after the infamous Nazi physician Josef Mengele told her during an examination: “if you survive this war, you better have your tonsils removed.”

“The instinct to laugh shows that we were still human beings while in the camps,” Ms. Firestone explained. “This inner sense of humor is what kept me alive.”

And it isn't anything new. If we were to go back even further and take a look at, for example, the bubonic plague of the 14th century (also known as the Black Death), we would discover that humor was important then as well. While the disease killed large parts of the population of Europe, it also spawned the pointed satire of the Church and other authorities in “Decameron,” by Boccaccio. The classic concerns a group of young people who flee pestilence-ridden Florence for a series of villas in the countryside.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The spread of covid19 is spread through two factors. 1. How dense the population is and 2. How dense the population is

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fighting stupid conspiracy theories with even dumber ones? Excellent plan!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you’re in a position to, stay home and spread the word. My grandfather just came back from the hospital, everyone is rushing to his side while wearing face masks. I’ve been his caretaker and translator even as a teen, but I’m sitting this one out for myself and for him. This is literally the only time that your selflessness is be home and learning a new skill or just chilling.

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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had to say things that I’m not proud of, and I can not stop them from seeing him. Don’t wait to be there for people. Right now, tackle your vices, learn new skills, do the creative things you’ve always wanted to do, and gather your energy and study up. Use the love languages you’ve learned and employ them whenever you can in appropriate spaces/recipients.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And if you can't breathe with a mask on, use a protective screen. But use SOMETHING They handed them out in my hometown for kids who are not gonna use masks correctly.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One could add that you don't need to breathe at all six feet under. Personally, I prefer six feet apart.

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Kermit Hale
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Masks do not protect you from the virus, it slows sown the virus from infecting others

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backatya
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dr. kermit the frog something is better than nothing, no thanks for your input

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On the other hand you don't have to worry about it when they're not working anymore! Too bad for granny for dying too, but, eh, it happens right? Oh and her neighbor of course. Don't forget her friend and maybe your immunocompromised cousin... Wait....

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me wearing a mask for longer than 10 minutes causes asthma attacks and yet I still wear one. If us asthmatics can wear a mask so can you.

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deanna woods
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially for those of us who already have bad lungs because of another illness.

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Jessica
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had it. It feels like drowning in your own phlegm for weeks . Catching this s**t is 100% more uncomfortable than any protective face mask will ever be.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So very true, why are some people, thinking this virus, is not serious !!!

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Sandy Kavanaugh
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a person with only one crappy lung left, I can attest to this presumption!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bad message. We don't wear masks to keep people from EVER getting sick. We will all get this eventually. We wear the mask to avoid overwhelming the hospitals. That is the only reason. I guess a rare exception is the rare person who will try to avoid getting this for the next two years until a vaccine is available, but if they're going out in public, chances are very, very, very slim that they will be able to avoid it until the vaccine is available. So, no, you don' wear a mask to avoid having lung issues. You wear a mask to avoid people being turned away at the hospital.

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Alison Coad Smith
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am staying home. Being a chronic asthmatic, wearing a mask is not an option for me, I just cannot breathe. So being at home is my only alternative.

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Isabella Martinez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes think of that way and it will go away.........(4years later) I regret what I said

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But jim your in sales and not medicine..a mask wont protect you from getting the virus...thank you

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now some YouTube recordings of the orchestra... You just saved a lot of money!

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the kids by now prefer the most annoying teacher.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly. Instead of appreciation days and clapping (which are nice) we campaign for better working conditions and better pay.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Selfish a******s. I want to say serve themselves right but it doesn't just effect them.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not a hypochondriac, but I always thought that was gross. I had my kids blow out the candles on their own cupcake.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Concentrate? Probably on tweeting, surely not on crisis management.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

COVID-19 made me realize that I made the right choice by being child-free.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How have you managed to save? We are spending more in isolation than before, especially on bloody groceries.

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