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

The situation in India is so upsetting right now. This has been something that has been bugging me throughout the pandemic. Though the explosion of cases came much later than expected, the degree of the destruction is still shocking. I can't help but feel sick about the privilege we have in western countries. Right now it's just shocking to see people at idiotic graduations, sports games, and concerts (in the case of England?) on the NYT home page right next to all the pictures of funeral pyres burning. I honestly feel so selfish and terrible that I got the vaccine and that things are opening up here, just because Americans honestly give zero shits about anyone except ourselves and we wanted to inoculate ourselves first. It felt terrible when dad's sister died just a month ago of cancer that wasn't getting treated because of the terrible healthcare in India, but what about now, with the thousands dying per day? We knew this was something just waiting to combust and lo, it did, and we're still sitting on our hands not doing anything about it. I just feel so empty when I hear news of it all... after oscillating between anger at the international community who didn't care enough to help India earlier and now, and anger at the Indian government and EVERYONE there who has refused to address the issues of healthcare, poverty, and building reliable infrastructure, much less the idiotic BJP.