Michael Collins Morton
@mcollinsmorton.bsky.social
Writer seeking to uphold essential human values. UK native currently residing in PNW.
Married to Angela Marie Morton
@angemmorton.bsky.social
Varied examples from a lifetime of writing
https://mcollinsmorton.blogspot.com/
Married to Angela Marie Morton
@angemmorton.bsky.social
Varied examples from a lifetime of writing
https://mcollinsmorton.blogspot.com/
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"No man is an island, entire of itself."
John Donne
For me, choosing to wear a respirator mask in all public spaces signifies an awareness of my connection to the human community, whose collective well-being is grievously threatened by the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19.
#COVID19 #respirator
John Donne
For me, choosing to wear a respirator mask in all public spaces signifies an awareness of my connection to the human community, whose collective well-being is grievously threatened by the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19.
#COVID19 #respirator
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
I received a solicitation for a donation to the Tibetan Nuns Project (a worthy organization that I have supported in the past) in the mail on the very same day I had read numerous articles about the Dalai Lama's luxury watch collection.
I just cannot even....😑
I just cannot even....😑
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I received a solicitation for a donation to the Tibetan Nuns Project (a worthy organization that I have supported in the past) in the mail on the very same day I had read numerous articles about the Dalai Lama's luxury watch collection.
I just cannot even....😑
I just cannot even....😑
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Each day without necessary action being taken to stop the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 is a day in which the entire human community moves another step closer to a hellish reckoning of overwhelming disease and unprecedented mortality.
#COVID19
#COVID19
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Each day without necessary action being taken to stop the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 is a day in which the entire human community moves another step closer to a hellish reckoning of overwhelming disease and unprecedented mortality.
#COVID19
#COVID19
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I say it frequently, but I will say it again: Covid-19 is totally out of control, causing an increasing amount of life-threatening harm throughout the world, and time is running out. If strong action to curb the spread of Covid-19 is not taken without delay, a bleak outcome is inevitable.
#COVID19
#COVID19
September 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I say it frequently, but I will say it again: Covid-19 is totally out of control, causing an increasing amount of life-threatening harm throughout the world, and time is running out. If strong action to curb the spread of Covid-19 is not taken without delay, a bleak outcome is inevitable.
#COVID19
#COVID19
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What kind of doctor refuses to wear a respirator mask during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19?
The kind of doctor who has no concern for the well-being of patients.
The kind of doctor who is morally unfit to practice medicine.
#COVID19 #doctor #respirator #medicine
The kind of doctor who has no concern for the well-being of patients.
The kind of doctor who is morally unfit to practice medicine.
#COVID19 #doctor #respirator #medicine
October 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What kind of doctor refuses to wear a respirator mask during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19?
The kind of doctor who has no concern for the well-being of patients.
The kind of doctor who is morally unfit to practice medicine.
#COVID19 #doctor #respirator #medicine
The kind of doctor who has no concern for the well-being of patients.
The kind of doctor who is morally unfit to practice medicine.
#COVID19 #doctor #respirator #medicine
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We do not have decades in which we can wait for Covid-19 to be brought under control. The deep harm from uncontrolled Covid-19 is increasing, week by week and month by month, and under current conditions it will overwhelm us, sooner rather than later. Strong action is needed now.
#COVID19
#COVID19
May 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We do not have decades in which we can wait for Covid-19 to be brought under control. The deep harm from uncontrolled Covid-19 is increasing, week by week and month by month, and under current conditions it will overwhelm us, sooner rather than later. Strong action is needed now.
#COVID19
#COVID19
In regard to Covid-19, as in regard to all things, denial cannot, in the long term, withstand the harsh force of logic.
#COVID19
#COVID19
The likely outcome of allowing Covid-19 to spread without control can be readily deduced by means of fundamental logic: if no action is taken to stop Covid-19, harmful conditions will increase on an overwhelming scale, and a final result of collective human destruction will be inevitable.
#COVID19
#COVID19
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
In regard to Covid-19, as in regard to all things, denial cannot, in the long term, withstand the harsh force of logic.
#COVID19
#COVID19
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
Acknowledging the truth regarding the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is not easy or enjoyable, but it is absolutely necessary.
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I am not disposed to offer pleasing sentiments of shallow hope regarding Covid-19. My intention is to express the harsh truth of rampant contagion, repeated infections, mass illness, and excess mortality, for the urgent purpose of promoting necessary action to achieve collective safety.
#COVID19
#COVID19
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Acknowledging the truth regarding the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is not easy or enjoyable, but it is absolutely necessary.
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Thanksgiving in the US means travel and gatherings, which means more Covid-19 being spread across the nation, from one coast to the other. All that travel and all those gatherings will inevitably result in countless instances of serious illness and early mortality.
#COVID19 #Thanksgiving
#COVID19 #Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Thanksgiving in the US means travel and gatherings, which means more Covid-19 being spread across the nation, from one coast to the other. All that travel and all those gatherings will inevitably result in countless instances of serious illness and early mortality.
#COVID19 #Thanksgiving
#COVID19 #Thanksgiving
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
Unbridled capitalism, as promoted by Republicans and Democrats, is an extreme threat to human life.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Unbridled capitalism, as promoted by Republicans and Democrats, is an extreme threat to human life.
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Unfortunately, most people will keep saying "Covid is over" until they finally expire from repeated infections of Covid-19.
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Unfortunately, most people will keep saying "Covid is over" until they finally expire from repeated infections of Covid-19.
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Yup, that's me, in my trusty Flo Mask. I wear it in any situation of potential SARS-COV-2 infection. When I think about how much needless suffering has been inflicted by people's refusal to engage in the simple act of wearing a mask...it makes me all the more determined to not be anything like that.
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Yup, that's me, in my trusty Flo Mask. I wear it in any situation of potential SARS-COV-2 infection. When I think about how much needless suffering has been inflicted by people's refusal to engage in the simple act of wearing a mask...it makes me all the more determined to not be anything like that.
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
Those who choose caution and safety in regard to Covid-19 are making the only rational choice.
#COVID19
#COVID19
The current situation for those of us who understand the life-threatening danger of Covid-19, and respond accordingly, is extremely difficult, but we are on the correct side of the equation. Those who shun caution and allow themselves to be repeatedly infected are making a grievous mistake.
September 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Those who choose caution and safety in regard to Covid-19 are making the only rational choice.
#COVID19
#COVID19
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
Covid-19 will never be brought under control by means of compromises or excuses.
Strong, forceful action to curb the unrestrained spread of Covid-19 is urgently needed.
As a start, respirator masks should be required in all public spaces.
#COVID19
Strong, forceful action to curb the unrestrained spread of Covid-19 is urgently needed.
As a start, respirator masks should be required in all public spaces.
#COVID19
May 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Covid-19 will never be brought under control by means of compromises or excuses.
Strong, forceful action to curb the unrestrained spread of Covid-19 is urgently needed.
As a start, respirator masks should be required in all public spaces.
#COVID19
Strong, forceful action to curb the unrestrained spread of Covid-19 is urgently needed.
As a start, respirator masks should be required in all public spaces.
#COVID19
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
Every infection of Covid-19 is another injury to the collective well-being of the human community.
Every infection of Covid-19 is another instance of irreparable, life-threatening harm.
Every infection of Covid-19 is another step toward a final reckoning that will spare no one.
#COVID19
Every infection of Covid-19 is another instance of irreparable, life-threatening harm.
Every infection of Covid-19 is another step toward a final reckoning that will spare no one.
#COVID19
August 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Every infection of Covid-19 is another injury to the collective well-being of the human community.
Every infection of Covid-19 is another instance of irreparable, life-threatening harm.
Every infection of Covid-19 is another step toward a final reckoning that will spare no one.
#COVID19
Every infection of Covid-19 is another instance of irreparable, life-threatening harm.
Every infection of Covid-19 is another step toward a final reckoning that will spare no one.
#COVID19
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Most parents have carelessly abandoned their children to the irreparable harm that results from repeated infections of Covid-19. As those children grow older, and start to ask difficult questions about their infections and the damage caused, what explanation will they be given?
#COVID19 #children
#COVID19 #children
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
If we fail to show care and concern for one another, if we fail to do whatever is necessary to preserve our collective safety during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19, we will be guilty of betraying the essential human values upon which all our lives depend.
#COVID19
#COVID19
I believe that every human life has an absolute value, and is worthy of being shielded from harm. That belief is reason enough for me to wear a respirator mask in all public spaces during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19, to avoid being an enabler of illness and mortality.
#COVID19 #respirator
#COVID19 #respirator
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If we fail to show care and concern for one another, if we fail to do whatever is necessary to preserve our collective safety during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19, we will be guilty of betraying the essential human values upon which all our lives depend.
#COVID19
#COVID19
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Most people currently have impaired immunity, resulting from repeated infections of Covid-19. Other diseases will easily take advantage of that impaired immunity.
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Most people currently have impaired immunity, resulting from repeated infections of Covid-19. Other diseases will easily take advantage of that impaired immunity.
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My husband & I were looking through old photos recently. In the before times, we enjoyed taking trips & the one we took to Fort Bragg, CA was one of our faves. I took these photos one night at the beach across from our hotel. Hope you enjoy these sunset pics. No editing; this is what it looked like.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My husband & I were looking through old photos recently. In the before times, we enjoyed taking trips & the one we took to Fort Bragg, CA was one of our faves. I took these photos one night at the beach across from our hotel. Hope you enjoy these sunset pics. No editing; this is what it looked like.
We cannot achieve herd immunity through infection, or even infection plus widespread vaccination, because SARS-COV-2 evolves too quickly.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
We will never achieve herd immunity for covid exposing the human population to mass infection.
We will, however, achieve:
➡️ Mass mortality (covid now 3rd leading cause of death)
➡️ Mass disability (#LongCovid)
➡️ New variants from long-term infections
#MedSky #IDSky #CovidIsntOver
We will, however, achieve:
➡️ Mass mortality (covid now 3rd leading cause of death)
➡️ Mass disability (#LongCovid)
➡️ New variants from long-term infections
#MedSky #IDSky #CovidIsntOver
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We will never achieve herd immunity for covid exposing the human population to mass infection.
We will, however, achieve:
➡️ Mass mortality (covid now 3rd leading cause of death)
➡️ Mass disability (#LongCovid)
➡️ New variants from long-term infections
#MedSky #IDSky #CovidIsntOver
We will, however, achieve:
➡️ Mass mortality (covid now 3rd leading cause of death)
➡️ Mass disability (#LongCovid)
➡️ New variants from long-term infections
#MedSky #IDSky #CovidIsntOver
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
UN calls for probe into Israel’s strikes on Lebanon
At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
Do we prefer the feral descent of everyone for themselves; a collective neo-liberal suicide of psychotic selfishness, or can we come together as a species to pool our resources in a global community to fight for our species?
Individualism or community is still our choice.
Individualism or community is still our choice.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Do we prefer the feral descent of everyone for themselves; a collective neo-liberal suicide of psychotic selfishness, or can we come together as a species to pool our resources in a global community to fight for our species?
Individualism or community is still our choice.
Individualism or community is still our choice.
We have clearly entered what is likely to be the worst period in our history as a species: a period in which Covid-19 and other unrestrained diseases will cause increasing harm, inevitably leading to a widespread breakdown in the fundamental structure of the human community.
#COVID19
#COVID19
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We have clearly entered what is likely to be the worst period in our history as a species: a period in which Covid-19 and other unrestrained diseases will cause increasing harm, inevitably leading to a widespread breakdown in the fundamental structure of the human community.
#COVID19
#COVID19
Reposted by Michael Collins Morton
So many people are wondering if behaviour and attitudes really are getting worse. Yes. Yes they are.
And this is why.
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD COVID HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.
Reduced empathy, disinhibition, poor decision making, less analytical thinking.
The world is worse because people are losing humanity
And this is why.
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD COVID HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.
Reduced empathy, disinhibition, poor decision making, less analytical thinking.
The world is worse because people are losing humanity
New studies come out all the time. I understand it’s hard to face but everyone should know the truth.
“Everyone [who’s] had COVID-19 tends to have some lasting reduction in brain blood flow (CBF), mainly in frontotemporal areas – even if they feel 100% recovered [and the infection was mild].”
“Everyone [who’s] had COVID-19 tends to have some lasting reduction in brain blood flow (CBF), mainly in frontotemporal areas – even if they feel 100% recovered [and the infection was mild].”
Latest 🚨🧵by Dr. @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on Covid's impact on the right-occipital areas, where visual information is processed!
SARS-CoV-2 "...causes persistent cerebral hypoperfusion (mainly frontotemporal) that can still be detected months later..."
Full🎯🧵:
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SARS-CoV-2 "...causes persistent cerebral hypoperfusion (mainly frontotemporal) that can still be detected months later..."
Full🎯🧵:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19921...
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So many people are wondering if behaviour and attitudes really are getting worse. Yes. Yes they are.
And this is why.
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD COVID HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.
Reduced empathy, disinhibition, poor decision making, less analytical thinking.
The world is worse because people are losing humanity
And this is why.
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD COVID HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.
Reduced empathy, disinhibition, poor decision making, less analytical thinking.
The world is worse because people are losing humanity