How do you feel about the current state of the pandemic?

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Really truly? On the one hand, I am getting used to it, and I am stunning at hermitting. On the other hand, I have enormous difficulty reading, eating, watching, even contemplating anything new. My life is about comforting things, I cry easily, and for someone who has been fearless most of my life, this constant fear thing is a new and unpleasant sensation.

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