I’m a huge fan of New Yorker cartoons, (clearly – they’re littered throughout this blog!), and the artists that make real life situations come to life using humour, satire and more than a little cynicism.
Sometimes I hoot out loud at the sheer brilliance of what I am seeing. Other times I smile wryly. This time I gasped in absolute shock and horror. And familiarity.
It’s from February 2016, and seems to have been frightfully prophetic for our COVID times. As ‘underlying conditions’ has become barely-concealed code for ‘half dead anyway’, artist, Frank Cotham seems to have had a futuristic glimpse into the 2021 minds of conservative politicians and commentators.
Stay strong, my friends with diabetes and other underlying conditions. You matter. We all do. And living longer absolutely is right for us.
Diabetogenic 
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September 14, 2021 at 7:36 pm
surfacefine
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September 15, 2021 at 11:43 am
Rick Phillips
I don’t know I got my annual medicare letter in advance of my meeting with my primary care provider tomorrow. It was addressed to my father.
Yes, dad and I have the same name. No, he has never seen this doctor or been part of this hospital system. No, he has never lived at my house. Yes, that does sound fishy. Bt the big deal? No, he is not alive and has not been since 2013. Meaning he would be 87 and I am 64.
Should I be upset? Well, naw, so long as they send him the bills I guess.
lol rick
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