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<p>Ramjam: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2460<br /> | date = May 7, 2021<br /> | title = Vaccinated<br /> | image = vaccinated.png<br /> | titletext = I built a model that combines local case rates and vaccination stats to estimate when it's reasonable to attend various types of party, but I forgot to include anything about where to find them.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a VACCINATION STATS MODEL. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This comic is another in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] related to the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|ongoing pandemic}} of the {{w|coronavirus}} {{w|SARS-CoV-2}}, which causes {{w|COVID-19}}, specifically regarding the {{w|Covid-19 vaccine}}.<br /> <br /> Hooray, [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are finally fully vaccinated! This means that they are now able to socialize within society, as they are unafraid of being infected by COVID or spreading COVID to others.<br /> <br /> However, the punchline lies in the fact that Cueball and Megan have never been good with [[:Category:Social interactions|social interactions]], and are still unsure of how to do this.<br /> <br /> The title text continues with this theme, as Cueball (or Megan?) is good at building mathematical models to know when it is safe to attend parties (and other large gatherings), but the issue remains that they are not commonly invited to these events, or are socially awkward when attending them. It also refers to the fact that they don't know where people are having these parties, or who they are being held by.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> :[Cueball, holding a phone, stands next to Megan.]<br /> :Cueball: It's official: we're fully vaccinated.<br /> :Megan: It doesn't feel real.<br /> <br /> :[Cueball and Megan continue standing, Cueball without his phone]<br /> :Cueball: I can't wait to hang out with friends again.<br /> :Megan: ''Seriously.''<br /> <br /> :[Neither speaks in the next panel (frameless), looking outwards]<br /> <br /> :[They look back at each other and continue the conversation]<br /> :Cueball: So, uh...how do we...<br /> :Megan: I was hoping '''''you''''' knew.<br /> :Cueball: I'm realizing now, I was hazy on this '''''before''''' the pandemic.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:COVID-19]]<br /> [[Category:COVID-19 vaccine]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Social interactions]]</div>

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