Notices by Augie Ray (augieray@mastodon.social)

Friend at work just shared she's in her third month of symptoms after her last #COVID19 infection. She said, "I'd never even heard of Long COVID" until her doctor told her.

It makes me want to bang my head against a wall. How can so many people be so poorly informed and taking such needless risks? It's not as if LC isn't in the media. I just think people have their heads stuck in the sand. It's frightening.

This morning, my wife went to the grocery store and said more than a third of people wore masks. This afternoon, we're at a hospital for tests -- not a single person in a mask (except three folks with masks under their chins.) The wholesale refusal of healthcare facilities and workers to take care is so frustrating. #COVID19

My post on LinkedIn about how #RTO (return to office) policies are a lose-lose-lose-lose-lose for workers, companies, the planet, diversity, and health. The post links to appropriate research and data.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/augieray_diversity-will-suffer-with-five-day-office-activity-7263215163858706432-y2uS?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

I don't know what everyone is so worried about. The only people who will be hurt by Trump's administration are people with children in school, people who work, people who buy things, people who care about their health, people who are or expect to someday use Medicare and Social Security, women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. See? No big deal! /s

Reinfections are going to catch up with more people in the years to come. A 46-year-old supermodel has died, reportedly from a blood brain hemorrhage as a result of long #COVID19.

Risks are lower now, but they won't be in six weeks. Take a little care, please.

https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/georgina-cooper-model-dies-at-1236715447/

Being young is not an excuse for being hateful.

An edgy streamer known as Johnny Somali went to South Korea and was purposely provocative. He verbally attacked people, and he touched, kissed, and twerked on a statue dedicated to “comfort women” called The Statue of Peace. Now, he's arrested and apologizing, saying he's a “young person” who “made a mistake.”

The right hates “woke” culture, but we need to return to the idea that being a hateful racist is wrong.

https://gamerant.com/johnny-somali-streamer-10-years-prison-south-korea/

My spreadsheet of #COVID19 studies that uncover chronic damage to hearts, brains, and other organs has reached 1,200 in number.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12VbMkvqUF9eSggJsdsFEjKs5x0ABxQJi5tvfzJIDd3U/edit?usp=sharing

Infection risks are low in my city, but I'm still masking. Why take needless chances, right? #saltingthevibes

Slowly--ever so slowly--the media (and then the rest of us) will wake up to the continued ongoing risks of #COVID19. Be one of the smart ones and take more care.

"The cancellations of Macbeth, with David Tennant in the lead role, has led to questions being raised around the ongoing ambivalence to the continuing public health threat of coronavirus (Covid-19) – not least in the arts."

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/11/07/macbeth-david-tennant-covid/

Now we know why Bezos interfered with the WaPo's endorsement. My wife and I are canceling our Amazon Prime today. Democracy is more vital than some free content and delivery.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

I look forward to Trump's concession speech tonight. I'm sure he'll concede gracefully and call for the nation to unite after such a divisive election cycle.

The Philly DA spoke on election security, and he issued a warning that sure as hell isn't directed to Harris supporters:

“Anybody who thinks it's time to play militia, F around and find out. Anybody who thinks it's time to insult, to deride, to mistreat, to threaten people, F around and find out... If you're going to try to bully people, bully votes or voters, if you're going to try to erase votes, if you're going to try any of that nonsense, F around and find out.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rvuwnIfrZQ

Women are going to protect the country from Donald Trump, whether he likes it or not.

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#VoteBlue

There is more wage theft than shoplifting, yet people worry less about the rich picking pockets than the poor.

People say it's smart when billionaires exploit the system to withhold taxes, but when those in poverty do, it's a crime.

When corporations pay so little, their employees must be on government assistance, no one says a word. But when those workers use that assistance, people call them freeloaders.

Most issues can be solved if we only treated the wealthy as we do the poor. #voteblue

A special note to those of you who say you can't vote for #KamalaHarris because the Biden administration minimized #COVID19. You're right, it did. But if Trump wins and puts RFK Jr in charge of public health as promised, there will likely be no COVID vaccines available after next year. Those vaccines need Federal money for R&D.

If you want a world with rampant COVID, mask bans, and no vaccines, sitting on the sidelines to nurse your grudge is a great way to make it happen. #VoteBlue

The co-chair of Trump's transition team says RFK Jr wants data to show that vaccines aren't safe.

“And then if you pull the product liability, the companies will yank these vaccines right off, off of the market.”

You want a world with NO vaccines--for #COVID19, flu, RSV, polio, measles, mumps, diphtheria, hepatitis, etc.

Imagine a world where every deadly illness we've defeated with vaccines comes back, all because some people angry at Biden opted out. #VoteBlue

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/politics/donald-trump-vaccines-what-matters/index.html

I mean, seriously? Vote to stop this, regardless of your feelings about Biden's handling of #COVID19. #VoteBlue

There are times I wonder why in the hell people are the way they are--ignoring information, gravitating to silly answers, and embracing lies. Then I remember that 1 in 5 US adults are illiterate, and 54% of adults have a literacy below a 6th-grade level.

Meanwhile, the GOP wants to destroy the Department of Education and Trump said he loves the poorly educate. It all starts to make sense. #VoteBlue

https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now#:~:text=21%25%C2%A0of,5th%2Dgrade%20level).

I feel as if this image is a metaphor for something...