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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a RHINO-SHAPED RHINOVIRUS. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
+ | This comic is another entry in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] related to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic|2020-21 pandemic}} of the {{w|SARS-CoV-2}} virus, which causes {{w|COVID-19}}. | ||
− | This | + | As access to community makerspaces, labs, and knowledge has spread, people have begun doing more things at home that were previous confined to industrial and academic research environments. This was stimulated further during the onset of the pandemic, when communities became focused on helping offset overtaxed national resources. |
− | + | This strip follows the theme of [[915: Connoisseur]], making fun of the fact that people often develop strong opinions on virtually identical items or circumstances (in this case, the "common cold"). This is also referenced in [[1095: Crazy Straws]]. | |
− | + | The compares connoisseurs of viruses to the stereotypical fine wine or cheese connoisseurs. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Megan, Cueball, and White Hat are standing in a group.] | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | :[Megan, Cueball, and White Hat are standing in a group. Cueball is talking.] | ||
:Cueball: COVID has made me so curious about colds. The next time I get one, I want to know which virus it is specifically. | :Cueball: COVID has made me so curious about colds. The next time I get one, I want to know which virus it is specifically. | ||
− | :Cueball: A | + | :Cueball: A Rhinovirus? RSV? Mild Influenza? Or something weird like Metapneumovirus? |
− | :[ | + | :[Megan, Cueball, and White Hat are talking.] |
− | :Megan: How | + | :Megan: How distance are they? Could you learn to tell them apart? |
:Cueball: See, I wonder! | :Cueball: See, I wonder! | ||
:White Hat: I could get a sequencer from work... | :White Hat: I could get a sequencer from work... | ||
− | + | :[In this panel, Cueball is sitting on the left, Megan is sitting on the right, and White Hat is standing at the far right. Megan is coughing, there is a tissue box in the middle, and rolled-up tissues lying around on the ground.] | |
− | + | :Caption above the panel: Several years later... | |
− | :[In this panel, Cueball is sitting on the left, Megan is sitting on the right, and White Hat is standing at the far right. Megan is coughing, | + | :Cueball: Ah yes, this one has the rich full-bodied bouquet of RSV, but the heady congestion lends it a lingering Rhinovirus nosefeel. |
− | :Cueball: Ah yes, this one has the rich | + | :Megan: *Cough* Quite right! |
− | :Megan: *Cough* | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:COVID-19]] | [[Category:COVID-19]] | ||
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