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

I've spent the last few days updating and repacking our family "Go Bags" in case of disaster. My living room floor is covered with flashlights, tarps, and crank radios, plus a hundred other things we might need if the Big One happens. None of it, though, is useful in our current disaster. How could we have been more prepared? Is it fair to even ask that question? Four members of my family have had COVID. One of them died. Another almost did. The other two were very ill. What could we possibly have done to predict or prevent that? Now we have a vaccine, so dammit people, get your shot. Apart from that, i just don't know.