{"id":25046,"date":"2026-06-08T22:31:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25046"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T02:50:37","slug":"covid-and-the-vaccination-thereof","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25046","title":{"rendered":"COVID and the Vaccination Thereof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Year 2. Back when we thought we could get rid of this thing. Back when people still cared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/strip5214.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/strip5218.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/strip5221.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/strip5223.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/strip5242.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/strip5294.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/strip5311.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/strip5319.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/strip5320.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/strip5322.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/strip5323.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/strip5324.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus fully vaccinated, I set out to do a bunch of things I&#8217;d been making a list of for when it felt safe to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/strip5336.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/strip5338.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/strip5339.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/strip5341.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/strip5342.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/strip5343.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then it was time to visit home again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3t5wwMgWyI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25074\">May Trip Home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMay Trip Home\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25074&amp;embed=true#?secret=NHnFyjK6sW#?secret=3t5wwMgWyI\" data-secret=\"3t5wwMgWyI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back home, I get a disturbing phone call&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/strip5364.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;but things are mostly back to something like normal for awhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/strip5367.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But not totally normal, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/strip5370.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/strip5371.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/strip5375.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a balancing act, all the time, for me. Then I made a new friend&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/strip5380.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and got to see older ones&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/strip5381.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/strip5386.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/strip5388.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strip5393.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strip5395.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;and then it was off home for the 4th of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XYVikpzDxE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25077\">July 4th, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cJuly 4th, 2021\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25077&amp;embed=true#?secret=e5FdlATJzU#?secret=XYVikpzDxE\" data-secret=\"XYVikpzDxE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A sign of things to come at the pharmacy the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strip5407.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But life proceeds apace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strip5409.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strip5412.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strip5415.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/strip5416.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5422.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until things regress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5427.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5429.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tragedy struck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5431.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But life goes on. With big changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5443.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5444.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5445.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5446.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could be worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5449.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could be better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5451.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5457.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strip5458.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, eventually, it&#8217;ll be my birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7BhxVrNW86\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25036\">Forty-Three<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cForty-Three\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25036&amp;embed=true#?secret=twwd6kbTQl#?secret=7BhxVrNW86\" data-secret=\"7BhxVrNW86\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And when I got home, shock followed shock&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5479.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5480.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5481.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5483.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5484.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5485.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5486.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danny did call dibs, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5487.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5489.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/strip5491.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/strip5494.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/strip5495.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/strip5497.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/strip5502.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2021 was a year of endings, really. 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visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cShut It Down\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25080&amp;embed=true#?secret=i9kAGwJuhd#?secret=KVA4rYslYy\" data-secret=\"KVA4rYslYy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And by then, the 2nd pandemic year was winding down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/strip5545.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And soon enough, it was Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YCMO6IdoRa\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25055\">Thanksgiving 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThanksgiving 2021\u201d \u2014 Comics From Life\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25055&amp;embed=true#?secret=PJ0eJ0zlEc#?secret=YCMO6IdoRa\" data-secret=\"YCMO6IdoRa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while COVID was still on my mind, that was maybe not so normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/strip5562.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/strip5564.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/strip5565.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/strip5566.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/strip5572.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/strip5576.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then, of course, Christmas took me home one more time for the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-comics-from-life wp-block-embed-comics-from-life\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Y20jCYiz4s\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comicsfromspace.com\/comicsfromlife\/?page_id=25040\">Christmas 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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