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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

I finally got an appointment for a vaccine, and got the first shot a couple days ago. The feeling of "it's too good to be true" is overwhelming. It's no exaggeration, I simply can't imagine being safe from the virus. I know I won't be protected until 2 weeks after the second shot, but just the thought of life without this all-encompassing fear and sorrow is unimaginable. Literally unimaginable. And, in a stroke of irony, the day I got my shot, our state health department announced that the new varient has been found in my extremely remote county and the surrounding counties, and is causing a surge in new cases. I live in a town that was designated 'the middle of nowhere', as it is furthest from any metropolitan area of any town in the US. It's a two and a half hour drive to the nearest larger town. Yet the variant is here, and if it's in the middle of nowhere, it is everywhere. More fear, can't escape it yet. Stay safe. Wear your mask. Please get your vaccine when it's available to you.