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This Week’s Cartoons: April 13-17, 2020

Step one, acceptance.
Cartoon of woman curled up on couch watching YouTube tutorials about being alone with yourself

Friday, April 17, 2020. By Tiny Beast Comics, with cartooncollections.com. Social distancing can lead to adverse psychological and physiological effects. But there are things you can do to maintain your overall health.

Cartoon of old man telling boredlooking adult When I was young we didn't have the internet to tell us what to be afraid...

Thursday, April 16, 2020. By Andrew Hamm, with cartooncollections.com. People have a lot of bizarre notions about Covid-19 and the 2020 elections—but if you have to laugh at conspiracy theories, do it in private.

Cartoon of man flopped on couch with phone complaining social media scrolling hasn't solved any of his problems

Wednesday, April 15, 2020. By Drew Panckeri, with cartooncollections.com. Turn off your screen-time notifications—it's just one more thing to feel bad about at a time when nothing feels particularly good.

Cartoon of hikers looking at vista that has bottled water ad hovering superimposed

Tuesday, April 14, 2020. By Lila Ash, with cartooncollections.com. Targeting ads based on individual user data didn’t even really exist until the past decade. What if companies simply weren’t allowed to do it anymore?

Cartoon of worker in full PPE pushing large coronavirus up hill

Monday, April 13, 2020. By Bob Eckstein, with cartooncollections.com. Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan had flattened the curve. Then travelers from the US and Europe began reimporting the coronavirus—so they have to do it again.

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