The chart pictured is a nightly tally from John Hopkins University. Should you have any COVIDiots among your family or friends, this next animated map is stunning to watch as it helps to visualize the rise of COVID cases per capita throughout the USA from March to November. Being there are many on the right who think it is only in Dem run cities, and states, the map shows clearly that is not true.
Complex decisions are made using your pre-frontal cortex. It is also home to executive function, logical reasoning, cognitive function and behavioural responses. (and more) When you are afraid. Fear triggers the old lizard brain (amygdala) … and the flight or fight response come to the fore. Fear also means cortisol is going to rush through the body… and brain, and the pre-frontal cortex shuts down. That is not good.
Prolonging that fear (as tRUMP and the GOP love to do) means cortisol will keep you stressed, unwell and more likely to do really dumb things… and can continue to deteriorate your day to say functions, keeping you in a constant state of anxiety, causing depression, gut problems, lack of sleep and so much more… and that includes deterioration of the brain.
We actually have no idea exactly what the vulnerable were targeted with on social media. There were INDIVIDUAL ads… made specifically for their particular stress and fear type from information that was harvested on Facebook over the years… which was then erased after watching. Anyone still on Facebook is complicit, being the world should KNOW Zuckerberg did not only ALLOW it, he worked with Cambridge Analytica, Google, Kushner and Parscale and had all of the data from voter rolls to help target individuals right down to their location and gerrymander districts. See PROJECT ALAMO and Cambridge Analytica
PS: tRUMP has likely affected your long term memory, if you have stressed out during his ‘reign of terrors, whether you like it or not. It is a psych-ops method he has used in his business. Deny Deny Deny. Upset you. Unsettle you. Destroy you. The 10Ds were taught to him by Roy Cohn. You cannot negotiate well under duress… so you give up. He is trying that as we speak. Get more rest because he has 60 more days to keep trying.
Now that I have described MAGA, Q-quislings and the Alt-right and a few reasons their brains have deteriorated under GOP, here is another kicker. Anyone who gets COVID may also have long lasting symptoms. No one knows how long or if they will last a life-time. Although lung and heart damage will be the most apparent, new studies show that the brain is also affected and neurological damage is possible. Plus, cognitive skills may deteriorate in some as much as the equivalence of 10 years of aging.
As much as the joke “how will we know” if a MAGA has brain damage is apropos in some cases, it is concerning for the future for everyone … especially if it induces psychiatric changes.
COVID unchecked is exponential. Describing that to someone who can only visualize in a linear level is difficult. (And difficult to do if your Pre-frontal brain is not processing) In this video, ping pong balls and mousetraps help visualize social distancing and how it works.
And to further show the difference between tRUMP and Biden, here with just a few words, you can see someone who cares giving information that can save lives VS the liar that exacerbated a pandemic.
A well done German Government VIDEO looking back on COVID 2020 and being COVID “heroes.”
♬ “WEAR A MASK, wear a mask ♬ …. adorable, but … NOT for children….
As Thanksgiving nears, someone has to get through to the numbnuts on the right and simple videos might be the answer. Maybe it will be you. Regardless, I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and hope only those you love dearly and have quarantined for 12 to 14 days are near.
We Canadians are in a spike as well. We have many pockets of really bad senior nursing home deaths and really dumb alt-right anti-mask marches, but thank goodness those are few, and we even have Q-quislings who call themselves Qanadians… who adore our CONservatives. But WTAF Canadian seniors?
“The Canadian Snowbird Association estimates that around 30 per cent of its members will head to the United States Sunbelt this winter.” The snowbirds were bitching about not being able to easily return before the border was closed… so this time if they want to come home during the pandemic, we need to have more restrictions. As Canadians we best make sure they come home with a vaccine certification from a credible source. And only one that is proven, not a tRUMPed up one from his farce of sycophants. And perhaps even fines, being they are putting a strain on the healthcare system.
Sigh … 2020 is the shits.
Here are of few of my COVID posts, should you care to look:
Color of COVID: Updated Report of Coronavirus Impact on People of Color AND tRUMP's Neglect
Scott Atlas repeats that COVID-19 deaths are a blip in his Herd Immunity plans being implemented
More in the Right wing brain: tRUMP’s unwavering support: Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated