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

<strong> I finally got an appointment for a vaccine, and got the first shot</strong> a couple days ago. <strong> The feeling of "it's too good to be true" is overwhelming.</strong> It's no exaggeration,<strong> I simply can't imagine being safe from the virus.</strong> 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,<strong> 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</strong> in new cases.<strong> I live in a town that was designated 'the middle of nowhere',</strong> 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.<strong> Yet the variant is here,</strong> and if it's in the middle of nowhere, it is everywhere. More fear, can't escape it yet. <strong> Stay safe. Wear your mask. Please get your vaccine when it's available to you.</strong>