This week, all of America is Farhad Manjoo - carefully assessing the risk of infection of a family Thanksgiving, determining the risk is not worth it, then going ahead anyway. JUST LIKE COUPLES IN VOWS WHO SCALE THEIR 300-PERSON WEDDINGS TO 75 PEOPLE AS IF THAT WEREN'T STILL BAD.

So, since the New York Times doesn't have the sense of public duty to stop fawning over superspreader events, let's come together to mock them! Let's read Vows!

Maybe I spoke too soon about the Times's sense of duty? Look at this shade-throwing caption! That is the public service journalism I need!

Does this mean he's DEA or ICE? Either way, thumbs down.

Fact check: no.

This is very bad.

THIS IS EXACTLY WRONG.

I have truly never wished for less joy at a wedding.

There are circumstances when even a small wedding can be a superspreader event.

"Back when my dad was only responsible for disease outbreaks in Indiana."

This is how all things happen.

Fact check: no.

Dude. Same.

It's http://FarmersOnly.com , clearly.

Do people who study classics love Roman emperors? Does anyone actually just love ALL Roman emperors?

New York Timesiest Sentence of the Week

Terrible. Why? Just why?

So a funny thing that happened is that I moderated a discussion about Covid last week and three different public health experts, two of them from Yale, where this dope went, all said rapid tests can miss the virus when it's transmissible.

Loathsome.

Huh. That was never my experience when I had to cut through Harvard Yard to get home.

Service journalism at its finest.

Wow. Big Governor of South Dakota energy.

I can't even explain why this misunderstanding is so hilarious, but it is.

This lady wouldn't share sunscreen with a dude because he had a rash from shingles, but she gathered her friends and family for a rehearsal dinner in the middle of a goddamn pandemic. We're doomed.

This is a very bad sentence and Vows needs to hire back their copy editor.

This is ... not proof of generosity of spirit.

OK. That's the end of our stroll through pandemic madness. Stay home this week, please. Unrelatedly, here are some street signs I've painted lately: