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Think about the people closest to you. Tell us about how the coronavirus has affected them, and their life.

It's interesting because my family is split across the world right now because my mom happened to travel to Senegal right before the pandemic started and has been stuck there since March just like I was stuck in the US since March as well. I've thought about her and my father plenty since the start of the pandemic mainly because they are more at risk from coronavirus and because they've been separated from one another for 7 months now. I feel like I've focused enough on negatives today though, so instead, I want to talk about the positive things that have occurred due to their separation. They work really well together so it's been fascinating to hear how they've been managing their lives alone, like how my dad has learned how to cook things that he's never cooked before and is packing up the house by himself which is usually what my mom used to do when we moved. On my mother's side, she started a business in Senegal while being stuck there which is something she probably would not have been able to do if she came back to Thailand which is awesome.