I haven't felt scared in a long time. But this is scary. And my son will be here in a few hours for the holidays. Time to put on some happy music and dance this off. Dance is one of the few physical things I can do that won't tank me, and it's a great coping mechanism for me.

COVID linked to higher dementia risk, especially for people who develop COVID-induced autoimmune disorder (aka "long COVID"), which scientists are reluctant to call an autoimmune disorder despite ample evidence that's what it is. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40037563/

More good news for America. More bad news for Trump and the GOP.

"...we are not at the stage where they should be mandatory" denies the efficacy of two-way masking over one-way masking and disregards all vulnerable people. My mask protects you more than it protects me, because 95% of what I breathe out won't ever reach your nostrils or the air surrounding you.

To mask or not to mask, it's a matter of life, death, or terminal suffering. Don't volunteer for the latter, because "too late" is truly too late and, as far as science has gleaned, irreversible.

The DNC needs to thoroughly vet everyone who runs as a Democrat, to ensure they aren't Trump loyalists posing as Democrats. Republicans know they're losing. They'll do anything to avoid loss (and potential criminal charges).

60,000 humans hold 3x as much wealth as 4 billion. The richest countries cause the most harm to our planet. Extreme wealth is the curse of our times. Greed, if left unchecked, will be our undoing as a species, and the pace is picking up speed as I type. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Y'know ... Americans could turn Trump's cruelty into a win for the planet if we just stop traveling by air. Let the billionaires use their tax breaks to keep airlines afloat. Trump's economy is forcing most people to choose food and electricity over seeing distant family anyway.

The layered approach is the best way to reduce your chances of getting #COVID19. It's not just one mitigation. Layering multiple mitigations will help prevent you getting it or spreading it: masking, distancing, going virtual, air purifiers, ventilation, Far-UVC, and vaccines all add up.

America needs to STOP EATING CORPORATE FOODS!!! I realize from experience how incredibly difficult that is, but it needs to be fixed. Farmers wouldn't be in this mess if they hadn't sold their souls to greedy corporations who want to own, control, poison, and profit from every aspect of human life.

I guess MAGA voters didn't fall for his proclamation that affordability is a Democrat scam, so he's taking a different approach. That won't work either. People can't be tricked into believing they have grocery money when they don't.

Reminder to listen to your body and not push yourself during the first few months after you had a Covid, EBV, CMV or other virus infection🦠 Pushing yourself too hard can lead to Long Covid & ME/CFS and cause you to become disabled. Don’t take your health for granted.

COVID may end up being the solution to wage stagnation, as more and more people are forced out of the job market by disability. That's probably not the result the corporate world expected when they insisted that people ignore a deadly pandemic and get on with profits as usual.

Will they throw us all in labor camps to replace the migrant workers they're deporting? Replace cheap labor with free labor for the greedy corporate leeches?

We shouldn't shop at or work at any corporation as they all enrich the few at our expense and the biggest ones corrupted and ruined our democracy! We need to create worker-owned businesses and user-owned platforms and pay profit sharing & restrict CEO pay to 8x's the median worker's pay.

It's a crime that public health/physicians have allowed people to believe that the COVID vaccine is all that is needed to protect them from the long term effects of repeated COVID infections. Sure, it kept you out of the hospital. But what is that worth if you're now ill for the rest of your life?

While Trump has proven in the past that he can express and provide patriotic hope that has real results at the voting booth, he has never had to convince a populace who can't afford to live in the economy he deliberately destroyed. They can't sweep affordability under the rug.

Who thought we'd see China supplanting America as a global leader in humanitarian aid? Not I. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

COVID causes immune disorder. Protect yourself!

While I'd love nothing more than watching Charles Koch trounce Trump, I believe Trump already reignited America's spirit, which categorically denounces tyranny and oligarchy. I haven't engaged with any of the funders of this for decades, so I don't need to boycott them. List ⬇️

American Gestapo expansion in progress amid record layoffs, unaffordable housing, unaffordable food, unaffordable clothing, unaffordable essentials, unaffordable medical access, and widespread financial instability, all of which resulted from GOP policies.

To me, this meeting sounds more like population reduction strategies than vaccine policy.

Very interesting...

I'll say this in response to SCOTUS' corrupt TX ruling: Dems in Maryland, Oregon, Illinois, Colorado, New York, and New Jersey are all stuck in the mud when it comes to mid-decade redistricting. The time to act was yesterday. Move your asses, now.

I grew up on a dairy farm. We had a little garden right outside our door, and a 5-acre "truck patch": vegetables and vine fruits we trucked to market every weekend. If more farmers sold direct to consumers, everyone would be better off, including the farmers.

Years ago, I was one of two women at a luncheon of rich and powerful white men (unavoidable). Much of the conversation was nauseating, but I had to excuse myself when they started talking about repealing seat belt laws so "they" (racial minorities and poor people) would slowly kill themselves off.

Experts Urge Long COVID Study of Historical Illnesses In a paper publishing in the Cell Press journal..on December 4, scientists & doctors highlight the importance of studying long COVID in the context of other post-acute infection syndromes or chronic illnesses www.miragenews.com/experts-urge...

The anti-vaxxers in charge of vaccine policy have apparently had their brains addled, perhaps by their enthusiastic pursuit of COVID infections.

Bio IT World: 'Groundbreaking myalgic encephalomyelitis study identifies over 250 core genes, shared biology with long COVID, and dozens of drug repurposing opportunities' www.bio-itworld.com/news/2025/12...

Remember this: Republicans hate inclusion and pronouns. The "we" and "our" in Johnson's statement refer to them, elected Republicans and their donor class, exclusively. He wasn't talking about the rest of us.

"CAM is staffed heavily with former Israeli military and government communications operatives. Its CEO, Sacha Roytman-Dratwa, previously served in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit..." We're now inviting Israel to set the standards of free speech in America? Who's next? MBS? Putin? Xi? Highest bidder?

Trump and Republicans obviously have a different definition of "peace" than the rest of the world. Hijacking language isn't new, but it's increasingly dangerous under this regime.

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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... Tom Nichols. Perfect. Grade Schoolers in charge of the MAGA Regime.

Since 2016, I have said that one of the best tools for understanding Donald Trump is Erich Fromm's book, The Heart of Man.

Why would Trump make this demand? My guess: He knows Jack Smith found evidence of treasonous offenses. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

COVID may well be the solution to wage stagnation if we keep disabling people en masse. Supply and demand: When the number of jobs exceeds the number of functional humans, workers will demand ever-higher wages. That, in turn, will spike inflation. This trajectory isn't sustainable.

Teach the children well.

Please support this and all COVID-friendly businesses, both online and locally. And while you're there, be sure to let them know how much we all appreciate their choice to make a positive difference in the world. Ripples ... let's be like raindrops on a placid lake.

My, how things change! It now costs more to MAKE clothing than to buy it new. I'm making it anyway because 1) I can't find anything I like anywhere else and 2) it will still look new 10 years after anything else is worn to tatters.

But let's celebrate the record Black Friday while the entire flock of humans charges toward the cliff of default ... 🤦

Do you need a "valid" reason to mitigate the spread of COVID? James Carville had the answer 33 years ago: "It's the economy, stupid." Corporate interests acted against their own (and everyone else's) interest with regard to COVID. It's time for a correction that billionaires can understand.

The far right believes it doesn't affect them or anyone they love, because the people they love who DO rely on assistance hide their reality, for fear of being ostracized and hated. Trump wants to expose those people, make their own families hate them. Trump doesn't know the power of love.

No, curing patients is not a sustainable business model. That's why the U.S. medical industry (quietly) abandoned that idea decades ago. Our food industry is one of the main suppliers of medical subscribers. Our abysmally low minimum wage is another.

People need help. Help your FOOD BANKS if you can. Help your neighborhood Shelters. Or just help a needy neighbor. Giving feels better than receiving.

'Australian study tracks ties between Long COVID, disabling conditions' 'A total of 86 percent of those with Long COVID met the threshold for serious disability compared with 9 percent of Australians overall.' accesspress.org/australian-s...

Rampant, obsessive consumerism is a major contributor to the imminent demise of our planet. This Christmas (like the previous five), I choose to abstain from purchasing junk people don't need and, as much as possible, refrain from enriching greedy billionaires.

•3 terms for House 2 terms for Senate •No Congressional Retirement plan •Government Subsidized Housing for Congress •Same Healthcare for Congress as average constituent •Emoluments Clause Codified •John Lewis Voting Act Codified •Expand House of Representatives move to Ballroom for space needed