Some states have begun to hit pause on reopening as COVID-19 case counts have skyrocketed. Let’s look at memes to get through it all.

As the calendar ticks towards July, America’s coronavirus crisis is getting worse. The U.S. recorded nearly 40,000 cases on Thursday, setting a new single-day record.

The past six months have felt like a decade, as this meme succinctly conveys:

A lot has happened, to put it mildly. In the past six weeks alone, states began to reopen, civil unrest exploded following the police killing of George Floyd, and now, some states have begun to hit pause on reopening as COVID-19 case counts have skyrocketed.

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Things, as they say, are grim. And sometimes, you just need to laugh. If you don’t, you’ll cry, and laughter is definitely better. So in the interest of giving you a side dish of humor with your main course of existential dread, here are some of the best memes we’ve found over the past month:

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