Nah, use Mastodon instead. Everyone is migrating to it from Twitter. It is a bit different but interesting: https://joinmastodon.org/

And now the researchers are saying the Long Covid can lead to some really shitty outcomes like Parkinson's, Lewy Body Syndrome, dementia and other nasty things. https://www.salon.com/2023/04/24/long-parkinsons/ "The scariest thing about this? Misfolded alpha-synuclein is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple system atrophy, and pure autonomic failure — all neurodegenerative diseases collectively known as synucleinopathies. And what can cause alpha-synuclein misfolding? Genetic mutations, exposure to certain toxins, and infections. COVID-19 may be one such infection — and that means long COVID symptoms may be a reflection of a developing neurological disorder."

Very precise without emotion. That's where we come in.

Not all seniors have lost their minds-like me and my neighbor-many up here in Maine are not trumpers, those people live mostly up north. Towards the coast they're more liberal. As I've noted elsewhere, my sister does not joke well-and that it wasn't a joke in the context I was reading. I consider the "Brandon and his son" to be a dead giveaway for one, because only a Fox News addict would even know the phrase to quote it. My sister isn't stupid, but very narrow minded. I should have realized that the husband was right-because before he died (2019) he told me he thought she'd be a Trumper when I asked him. Turns out he was absolutely right and I shouldn't have expected otherwise.

yes, it is. Her husband (who I have never met, don't know much about him, either) 'retired' and bought it for her. Good thing because she'd be homeless without him. She's never held a good job that paid over minimum wage in 40 years. I still wonder what will happen to her if he dies first. I hope he has money in a trust for her because I doubt she'd be able to support herself or a condo in Boca Raton for more than a minute.

My sister doesn't joke. I know her that well. She's 61 years old..and has a very skewed sense of humor..it wouldn't show up in text. She meant it in the context that we were talking in.

I'm now on Mastodon, becoming very disenchanted with other options, and that forum is pretty damn cool. Here's my label: @fmhilton@mastodon.sdf.org

The lord works in mysterious ways. May her sister go, and Donald Trump as well. The maga universe is collapsing. We might even get out of this epoch semi-whole.

This outline of an article (restricted access) attests that the evangelicals support of DT was based a lot on whether or not they believed his re-election was part of "God's Plan". https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-religion/article/abs/does-it-matter-if-the-president-isnt-pious-white-evangelicals-and-elite-religiosity-in-the-trump-era/00BBFEC0AD5CBB583D163461AEF35132

True enough. For every helmet missing, there's a missing brain.

If you hadn't been in the store, a good old right fist to his mouth would have been appropriate. But of course you can't..but it sure would be fun to see a pharmacist turn around and actually deck the SOB's who think they're so fucking funny. Then put him in your coat, lead him into the pharmacy and say, "There you go! Think you can do my job? Go right for it. I'm done!"

When Donald Trump told everyone that it was ok to be an asshole. He is one, why not everyone? Because there are so many goddamned entitled whiny people who think the fucking world revolves around them. On FB there is a poster named "The Cynical Pharmacist" who posts actual interactions with the general public/nurses/doctors in his practice every day. I (and Tots) can attest to the validity of every single post. In my view, the day they made pharmacies available as drive thru was the day everything started to go to hell. The general public is used to McDonald's, and so they think their RX's should be fast food. What I said in my reply to one post was this: "What if you just grab some pills, throw them in a bottle without checking or labeling them, and give them to the customer? Bet they'd run as fast as they could to the exit and never return." Because that's what they demand, that's what they should get. My husband once proposed getting a big bowl, and filling it with pills of all kinds, sizes and colors-then put it out in the waiting room for everyone to pick out. I bet that would cut down on the numbers of whiny entitled assholes real quick. I even told my boss at the time about it..he thought it would be great but he'd probably get busted for killing people..so it wasn't done. But he agreed with it enthusiastically... Here's the link to the FB Cynical Pharmacist: https://www.facebook.com/TheCynicalPharmacist And yes, that is me posting under my real name.

Tots works for a large chain, and she/he has no say in the corporate mandates. If she/he did, they'd have walked the hell out a long time ago. They know all about the billing stuff, the vaccine stuff, everything. It's exhausting to have to keep up with everything happening and still be available to customers who bitch, and whine while getting their medications. It is a thankless and awful job which is exhausting many pharmacists in the field. I have no idea how they do it, but we should all be very thankful they do. I know personally of one who walked out because he just couldn't take the stress any more.

You were perfectly within your rights because I would have done it, myself! Anyone who wants to berate or insult staff should be cut off at the pass and thrown the hell out of the pharmacy. There is no need of that.

Or maybe he lied to the hospital and they believed it.

Walgreens has instituted a maximum limit in some stores of how many shots that can be dispensed during the day-there's just no way any pharmacy can do more than maybe 12 or 15 per day, because they're doing other stuff, too-like dispensing drugs!

I know you and every single pharmacist in existence right now are. There's no let up in the stupid, ignorant and stubborn people who proliferate so widely in our society. Take a vacation if you can. PTO is a good way to do this. Too bad you have to come back to work, though. I got my booster to avoid the rush. After I'm outta there, ain't nothing gonna drag me back into any store without damn good reason. It's just too damn scary. Because people just don't understand that almost every pharmacist and his staff are exhausted and want nothing more than peace and quiet from fools. Hugs to you and your staff. Hope it gets better.

Even the NY Times is noting that Biden is getting slammed for it by everyone. The pandemic is NOT over, and it won't be over for a very long time. I'm not a doctor or scientist, but when there's still thousands of people dying from the same thing in one month, that's what I call a pandemic: Gifted article, free to read: Biden Says the Pandemic Is Over. But at Least 400 People Are Dying Daily.,https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/us/politics/biden-covid-pandemic-over.html?unlocked_article_code=XZIZVuWqfszg3J_BElC7U7chrdVANd7pPbsYls86pMSybodtGdm_E3K9JO3-ZEzrVG_UN30t-gKVq9RLX6kGcmEjZjlE94MBV51ijXUO9SJfVskfQZhjh1sHuAV2O5LVwY-OM6KDi22baq0aiMUtebbGeg-SGM7KV87FfYNQc9Hyhux-fXVMNSN61cMd3CXTh_6_pLE1AGBU6q1rtxypUu_vdmAfk31e3FNYxtzGVmthJTqoEP4q91K4oWRjfZG5fPNzP4agHls0ODXT8f2fFDHLUutoWTLyBeRkyJaEpQlaTyc6O8GnlC3Dq8L5uAt20B7Cy-O4z_bYduqKjB1tFyvRbVrqZg&smid=share-url

I am so sorry that you have this-it is undoubtedly the worst side effect of Covid 19, and so many people are already scared of developing Alzheimers' (I am, though I am in a fairly remote chance of it) because it does decrease your life expectancy so much-and I have known some people who developed it, and died within 5 years of it. This is why I beg people to get the vaccine, and the boosters-to be older is to be at a heightened risk for this but you don't want to be just 30 and facing this life sentence. I hope you get better for your symptoms. Thanks for your reply-it's valuable to hear from someone who actually has this and knows what it's like. And in case anyone really doubts this they have found that among the issues that Covid affects the brain with, it actually shrinks the brain by a considerable amount and lessens the amount of gray matter in it. This isn't something to laugh at. It's actually horrifying. "They found that even mild infections can slightly shrink the brain and reduce the thickness of its neuron-rich gray matter. At their worst, these changes were comparable to a decade of aging."

Oh, yes-after doing that for my husband (who did not, but which was pretty fucking traumatic for me-I don't ever want that again) I drew up my will and specified that I have a DNR should the necessity arise. I don't ever want anyone to have that horrible duty.