The coronavirus is still spreading around the world. As are all the jokes surrounding it. Humor has turned out to be essential during these difficult times. Shared laughter has been giving us strength in adversity, helping us feel a little bit more in control when the future looks so heckin' uncertain. Most importantly, the jokes and memes about the pandemic bring us together and help us to feel connected, from one isolation pod to another.
So, Bored Panda continues to collect the funniest gags about the Coronapocalypse from around the Internet so that you have at least some sense of comfort in this tiring fight against our common microscopic enemy. Continue scrolling and enjoy our list, and if you finish it wanting more, check out our earlier posts on the topic here, here, and here.
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Jokes aside, there are some good coronavirus-related news stories and lately, the thing everyone's talking about is the Oxford vaccine. The BBC reported that data from early-stage human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University has positive results. It appears safe and triggers an immune response. Trials involving 1,077 patients showed the injection led to them making antibodies and T-cells that can fight the coronavirus. It is, however, still too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection and larger trials are underway.
The vaccine, which is called by a name that could very well be a gamer's nickname, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, isn't the only one that's providing us hope. The New York Times reports that researchers around the world are developing more than 160 vaccines against the coronavirus, and 26 vaccines are already undergoing human trials. Typically, vaccines require years of painstaking research and testing before reaching the public, but scientists are racing to produce a safe and effective vaccine by next year.
Until then, we'll have to make do with jokes and memes.
Wussy whining cry babies. We ALL hate wearing masks but we do it because it stops unknowingly sick people from spreading germs on everything and making germs harder to avoid.
Not a nice answer but an understandable one. Being nice doesn't always work.
There's an open letter from rich people asking their government to let them pay more taxes. https://en.mercopress.com/2019/06/25/in-an-open-letter-us-super-rich-want-to-pay-higher-taxes. NOTE: "The letter pointed out that fellow billionaire Warren Buffett has said he is taxed at a lower rate than his secretary."
Don't forget the KKK masks! When it's in the name of racism masks are fine
They don't go to hospitals but social media instead. Social media site are still the best address to treat your injured ego.
My view is that the American public has been conditioned (or brainwashed, it basically amounts to the same) to respond emotionally to political questions. This makes it easy to influence them in order to keep them occupied with emotionally laden issues, abortion being one example, while the ultrarich and the powerful mega-corporations quietly go about their business. Trump was/is a weirdo made-in-heaven president for them, a true master at distraction as he is.
Aren't they the ones that are usually against free access to safe abortions, too? And for capital punishment? And against free high-quality education for all? How about that?
So real. I’ve tried so many that have been recommended, but none seem to work. I just have to intermittently put my glasses on my head, until I actually need them again.
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A trick I learned, pull the mask as high as you can on the bridge of your nose before sliding on your glasses. It may feel a little weird at first but works like a charm.
This. I will continue to wear my mask and gloves when I go out in public, and just deal with the foggy glasses. Honestly, I want to go back to normal just as much as the anti-maskers. But let me tell you this; if you continue to refuse to wear your mask and keep prolonging my torture, I will take action, call you out and shame you VERY PUBLICLY for being such an a*****e. If that makes me a busybody, so be it—-I will be a live busybody long after you’re a dead a*****e.
Just breathe normally. I literally cannot see without my glasses and everyone's been asking about them fogging up. Yes ... for about a second!
Prevent your glasses or goggles from fogging up with a little bit of household dish soap. Apply a few drops to a clean cloth, and rub it on the lenses, both inside and out. Once the soap has dried, buff it off with a cloth, and you'll be seeing clearly again, without fogging :D
Anti-fogging glass lens cleaner. Available at my optometrist. Thank God.
I tried this and it left blurry grease-like streaks. Could you give me the brand? Maybe mine isn't very good. Thank you!
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Not wrong. And I wear mine anyway. (If you get a good seal around the top, around your nose, it's not AS bad. Generally, if your glasses are fogging up, your breath is getting out and other people's breath is getting in unfiltered, so if you can get a better seal, it makes the whole thing work better, besides fogging your glasses less. But it's annoying anyway.)
I will concede that glasses wearers are the only people with a right to complain.
ESPECIALLY if they’re autistic. Sensory issues can make blurry glasses and foggy glasses unbearable. I’ve hardly worn one because of that.
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Ugh, yes. The Fog (but that’s a different movie script). I will wear a mask everywhere I go that’s around other people (I have a box of them in my car, along with a box of rubber gloves to wear with my mask), because I want to be a survivor and not a casualty. But I will be overjoyed when we finally beat this bug, and don’t need them anymore. ***In the meantime, I read that hospital staff train themselves to exhale down to reduce the fog when they’re wearing their masks. I’ve tried it and it pretty much works. You have to be mindful of it, though, since you’re retraining yourself to breathe out differently.
I've been very lucky to not have fogging issues with the kind of mask I wear at the moment. I think it has to do with two things I previously only saw as disadvantages - a bumpy nose (plenty of surface area to get both the shaped wire at the top of the mask and my glasses positioned perfectly) and the very unfashionable shape of my glasses. They were 'something different' when I bought them, plus I was desperate. Either way, I count my blessings that when I have to leave the house, I can see with a mask on as well as I can see without a mask on (not wonderfully, I need to brave the outside more and see my optometrist!) Of the seven people in my household six wear glasses and everyone else struggles with this to some degree. You have my condolences, and thank you (really) for dealing with this frustration and inconvenience for your health and the health of everyone around you.
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It still let's warm air up to steam up our glass. I'm considering double sided tape to prevent it from fogging my glasses up. Contacts are not an option for me. And fitting it to the bridge of your nose still allows venting straight up onto the inside of my lenses.
I put my glasses over my mask. Keeps it on my nose, and they don't fog.
So true but there is a simple solution just twist the straps:)
You just have to pull the mask to the top of your nose and settle your glasses nose piece over it. Also maybe try anti-fog stuff for glass.
Actually, I really don't want to be one of *those* people, but this means that your mask isn't tight enough. The air shouldn't be coming out of the top and fogging up your glasses at all. Or you can put it under your glasses and make it bigger for your chin. But if this happens, you're doing something wrong :((
HAHA yeah! As a person who have to wear glasses all the time (because my vision sucks a lot), this is super relatable. Usually, the only issue is that my glasses would only fog up if I go from a cold place to a warm place but now, it'd happen all the time when a pair of glasses and a mask is combined... I actually found a towel that can be used in order to prevent this fog issue from happening but unfortunately, it has limited use. As in, it is only usable for 40 times and after that, the towel wouldn't be effective anymore. I wish it'd be a permanent thing or something.
Well at least it blocks out all the people who aren't wearing a mask so I don't scream at them :D
Excuse me ! Are there people in this world who just spend their time trying to 'invent' problems, you know, those with NO common sense ??
put your mask on properly and you get very little in the way of fogged glasses. Pinch the middle of the mask wire, then bend it out just a bit on each side to make a W shape, put the mask on hold the W with one hand, pull down the bottom of the mask with the other. Now put your glasses on over the mask. Or purchase a glass wax ( I use one called "Cat C**p") and use it to fog proof your glasses.
Easy. Just tuck top of mask under just washed (in detergent) specs. Simple.
The struggle is real! I stopped wearing my glasses at the grocery store. I’ve ended up with some great “fruits”. A little spicy, but good 😉
put glasses on after the mask to prevent breath reaching the glass
If this is happening to you, your mask is poorly fitted. The air you're breathing out should be going through the mask, not fogging up your glasses (like scarves and balaclavas have done all my life, trust me I know the struggle!). You might not be able to fix it with supplies in your home, in which case, still better than no mask - but try sewing a pipe-cleaner into the mask along the top and bending it around your nose. That worked for me, anyway.
Truth! I've lost count of the number of times this happens as soon as i step out onto the warehouse floor.
I saw a guy using regular face soap, rubbing it on his lenses, then put them over boiling water and worked. Hope it helps.
I wear glasses all the time and I never have this problem; I don't understand why some people do. Maybe they wear masks without nose wires, or aren't adjusting them properly?
A lot of the nose wires can still leave the tiniest gap for gas to escape through, the best solution is anti-fog cloth or something of the sort.
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As a person with glasses, I either opt for contacts or smush the mask underneath the bottom of my glasses
I live in southern Louisiana. Anytime I leave an air-conditioned building this happens, so I'm quite used to it.
/sarcasm = on/ We're not ignoring doctors and scientists, we're just saying that they don't know anything compared to that random strange dude on the internet that never left his cellar but knows all about 5G radiation, vaccinating mind controlling chips into our body and how masks are meant to shut us up. /sarcasm = off/
And we all know that almost all bank robberies go wrong because they usually faint before they get to the end of "Put the money in the ..." Several scientific studies have shown that an alarming amount of bank robbers have early-onset dementia because of a repeated lack of oxygen while practicing in front of the mirror. NO! Do Not Quote Me On That!
The Pandemic Team was created after the Ebola crisis. In other words, when politicians finally realized just how much modern global trade and travel contribute to diseases spreading worldwide before we even realize it. They understood how keeping an eye on rising disease spread, using reliably reported data to track them, statistics to predict potential paths of the spread, and sending trained professionals to help contain it, can help us either prevent—-or at least prepare for—-possible global outbreaks, since prevention is our best protection, especially if the disease has no cure/vaccine. You know, like COVID-19.
Dude. Don't confuse the covidiots with facts. It doesn't work. -from a retired teacher
LOL This is hilarious... they think it will be over by December? XD
That's the thing that all your smarts were stored on ! Put it back cause it already shows !
And that is why you are still around to shout your well-functioning lungs out, come next summer!
Influenza... the predecessor of Corona. Where they've been, Corona follows.
My husband is British, and has continually considered, then put off, going for US citizenship. Used to bother me, but now I’m glad. I sponsored him to come here, now he can sponsor me to go with him to Canada if our last chance to fix this mess we’ve been dropped in is totally flushed down the toilet in November.
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I am from Slovakia. We were first to wear masks in march. We have best covid rates per capita in Europe. Reopened again, just still wearing masks. Follow the rules. It works. It's that easy.
sadly Bashicka, even "easy" will be "too hard" for the lazy / stupid.... :(
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My country has 0 cases for almost 2 months now, although the last patient sadly passed away. She recovered from COVID19, but the aftereffect of the illness put her into a coma, which eventually caused her to pass away. :( Even though we don't have COVID19 cases anymore here, I wish that people would still be aware of the virus and not pretend that it is already fully eradicated (because IT'S NOT) but people keep on having mass gatherings and not adhering to social distancing rules. :/
My locql liquor store/bottle redemption has empty spots on the shelves and the bottle redemption has to shut down every couple days to play ctch up
Not sure yet but these are either sadly hilarious or hilariously sad.
Hey, does anyone remember the excellent memes at the start of the pandemic? Those were funny. These things are mostly just sad. A whole lot of really dull stuff about masks.
Why don't you create something great since you're so great?
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These are quite possibly the least funny "jokes" yet. I'm all for dark, dry or even a bit of gallows humor, but this is all just... unfunny.
"dark initiation ritual"? Wow, you all have really, truly gone off the deep end. Whose "ritual" are masks a part of? What sources are you using?
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I am from Slovakia. We were first to wear masks in march. We have best covid rates per capita in Europe. Reopened again, just still wearing masks. Follow the rules. It works. It's that easy.
sadly Bashicka, even "easy" will be "too hard" for the lazy / stupid.... :(
Load More Replies... My country has 0 cases for almost 2 months now, although the last patient sadly passed away. She recovered from COVID19, but the aftereffect of the illness put her into a coma, which eventually caused her to pass away. :( Even though we don't have COVID19 cases anymore here, I wish that people would still be aware of the virus and not pretend that it is already fully eradicated (because IT'S NOT) but people keep on having mass gatherings and not adhering to social distancing rules. :/
My locql liquor store/bottle redemption has empty spots on the shelves and the bottle redemption has to shut down every couple days to play ctch up
Not sure yet but these are either sadly hilarious or hilariously sad.
Hey, does anyone remember the excellent memes at the start of the pandemic? Those were funny. These things are mostly just sad. A whole lot of really dull stuff about masks.
Why don't you create something great since you're so great?
Load More Replies... These are quite possibly the least funny "jokes" yet. I'm all for dark, dry or even a bit of gallows humor, but this is all just... unfunny.
"dark initiation ritual"? Wow, you all have really, truly gone off the deep end. Whose "ritual" are masks a part of? What sources are you using?
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