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Michael Collins Morton

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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/

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · May 11

The world of 2019, the world as it was before Covid-19 took hold, is gone forever. Wishful thinking and playacting will not bring it back. We are now living in a world of unrestrained disease, a world in which strong, uncompromising measures of caution and safety are urgently necessary.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 5h

As you correctly say, the denial of Covid-19 is probably connected to different reasons for different people, but I believe that there is also a general, underlying refusal to acknowledge the self-evident truth of Covid-19, a refusal that currently prevails throughout the human community.

Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 9h

Wearing a respirator mask in all public spaces during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is both rational and necessary.

#COVID19 #respirator

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 11h

A few of the harsh truths that most people refuse to acknowledge:

Covid-19 is not a "mild" disease.

Every infection of Covid-19 results in irreparable harm, which is frequently unseen in the short term.

No one ever fully "recovers" from Covid-19.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 28d

The pandemic of Covid-19 is still ongoing, causing irreparable harm everywhere, and anyone who says otherwise is either a fool or a liar.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Jul 1

All healthcare workers are morally obligated to wear respirator masks during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19. Any refusal to do so is completely unacceptable.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Jul 1

Healthcare workers who refuse to wear respirator masks during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 have chosen to be enemies of public health. Their deliberate negligence is grossly immoral and utterly condemnable.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Sep 11

Expressing the harsh truth regarding the extreme danger of Covid-19 in an honest, straightforward manner is not "fearmongering." Those who deny the danger of Covid-19 are fools who lack the courage to acknowledge a disease that poses an overt threat to their well-being.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Jun 22

I never had much faith in people, even before the current pandemic of Covid-19 began, but what little faith I did have has been sharply diminished, because it seems that at least 99% of the human species has irrationally chosen to accept the irreparable harm of uncontrolled Covid-19.

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Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · 15h

It's a blah sort of day today, but this color palette has not failed in cheering me up a bit. If you are feeling blah (or have passed through that stage into Flailing Kermit), I hope this WIP of little colorful dwelling adds a glimmer of brightness to your Sunday. 🫶

A work in progress of a row of colorful dwellings. The watercolor pencils and water brush I am using are also in the photo. Art by me.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 12h

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 12h

Perhaps not as "slow" as it might appear.

Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 12h

As repeated infections of Covid-19 relentlessly increase, the human community is steadily moving toward an apocalypse of mass illness and excess mortality, but hardly anyone is taking notice.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 15h

Without tough, uncompromising measures of public safety being enforced, the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 will inevitably get much worse.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 16h

In regard to Covid-19, denial is the opium of the people.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Apr 27

Why do I wear a respirator mask in all public spaces?

Because I know that Covid-19 constitutes an ongoing threat to my well-being.

Because I understand that preventing infection is an urgent necessity.

Because I feel morally obligated to resist the spread of harmful contagion.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Aug 21

As someone who wears a respirator mask in all situations of potential contagion during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19, I find that the sight of most people shunning respirator masks and suffering repeated infections as a result makes me even more determined to avoid infection myself.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Aug 21

Covid-19 does not come and go.

Covid-19 is always rampant in all public spaces, at all times.

Covid-19 is a constant danger, in all seasons and in all situations.

Covid-19 poses a continual threat to the entire human community, causing irreparable harm with every infection.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Jun 30

Most people clearly do not understand what the final outcome is likely to be if urgent action is not taken to stop the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19. Without necessary measures of public safety being strongly enforced, there is little chance of human survival in the long term.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Jul 25

Every time you enter a public space without wearing a respirator mask during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19, you increase your likelihood of serious illness and early mortality.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 16h

In regard to Covid-19, denial is the opium of the people.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 17h

Do not allow anything to distract you from the urgent necessity of avoiding the life-threatening harm that results from every infection of Covid-19. To maintain essential safety, wear a respirator mask in all situations of potential contagion.

#COVID19 #respirator

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Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · 19h

🍂Autumn sale in my shop!🍂
AngelaMarieArt.redbubble.com
Pop over and have a browse. And tell all your friends! 😉

Today called for something calming and soft, and I thought this piece fit the bill. A classic Japanese-inspired scene, painted with black sumi-e ink and red Chinese watercolors.

"Red Torii in Water with Reflection | Japanese Sumi-e Painting" Journal for Sale by AngelaMarieArt

A peaceful, meditative sumi-e ink and Chinese watercolor work, featuring a Japanese torii in water, and a solitary crane flying overhead. The gorgeous, delicate, classic art of Japan was my inspiratio...

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 18h

When we are near the end, and we are about to be fatally overwhelmed by a final wave of unrestrained disease, perhaps then, in those last days, people will begin to understand that deliberately allowing Covid-19 to spread without any control was an extremely foolish thing to do.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 1d

The current lack of essential safety in medical settings during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is unspeakably evil.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · Jul 5

The deliberate absence of respirator masks and other safety measures in medical settings during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is a clear instance of gross negligence. It represents unmistakable evidence of a complete breakdown in fundamental ethics, and should not be accepted.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 1d

Resisting the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 is a moral necessity.

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 2d

The ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 is a test of essential human morality, and most people are failing.

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