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

... <strong>I feel like I am constantly in survival mode,</strong> trying to stay safe and avoid people as best i can. But <strong> I need food and don’t have a car</strong> and am afraid to take public transportation. So daily I walk about a mile to the farmers market (three days a week) or to small shops near me, like the bakery, cheese shop and speciality food shops. Also <strong>getting medical attention is a problem.</strong> I did have a doctors visit and dentist visit in the last month and used something called a GoBus, which is a public transportation van reserved for seniors <strong>My IPhone and iPad also broke down this month</strong> and needed to go to ATT store for replacement. <strong>Transportation was an issue</strong> and was forced to use public transportation. ... The thought that this isolation and pandemic could go on for another year or two really wears on my mind. <strong>A lot of the things I like to do are no more</strong> ..a library writing group, a bike trail that is flooded and washed out, and attending programs at local art museum . To keep myself afloat, I have joined a community garden (although I see and talk to no one as I go in the early hours of the day) and do daily walks in the local city park. Even that has been a problem the last few weeks due to a heat wave in the 90s. This heat wave is supposed to continue for another week or two. I am an introvert so being alone isn’t the worst thing that could happen, ..it’s more like feeling scared to go anywhere for fear I will contract the virus from someone or something, <strong>I joke that every door knob is trying to kill me.<strong> ...