Here in Seattle, we’re entering our eighth week of Governor Inslee’s Stay at Home order in response to the COVID-19 crisis — a state mandate that will last another four weeks before Washington begins any phases of re-opening.
Like everyone else, I am devastated by the havoc that the novel Coronavius has inflicted upon our country and I mourn the tens of thousands of lives lost to it in the United States and abroad.
But as we surpass our second month in isolation and begin a larger public discourse on economic re-opening, I can’t help but feel a deep-seated fear arise at the thought of “business as usual,” nor dispel the grief as my chronic anxiety and depression re-emerge in anticipation, rearing their ugly heads.
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