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

<strong> My mom died this week. She didn't die of COVID, but she died *with* it. But she was still forced to die alone.</strong> <strong> Her husband of 46 years is devastated. He was able to spend 15 minutes with her earlier in the day in full PPE</strong>. He wasn't supposed to touch her, but he snuck his hand in anyway. And those lines on the picture are because we had to watch on FaceTime and take a screenshot. <strong> You hear about these lonely deaths. But you don't truly understand the depth of it until your family experiences it</strong>. It's so complicated, and<strong> adds a layer of grief on top of what's already an unimaginable loss. We will never recover from this.</strong>