I've been trying to avoid the topic because it's everywhere and it's exhausting and all my complaints are incredibly small and petty and privileged, but I just need a very quick rant and then I will stop and likely delete.

Stop telling me to use this time as a creative outlet. I am unfathomably lucky to still be able to work during this and I am working full-time and walking my dogs a ton and trying desperately to still be functional when I'm so panicked, I can barely focus enough to dress myself.

Stop telling me to check my temperature regularly. I can't find a thermometer anywhere (in my home or in stores) and at this point, I would rather leave them for those at higher risk.

For the love of God, stop spreading half-baked info about "cures." I can't stand hearing people hopefully telling me about some supposedly effective treatment only to break their hearts telling them it's just a rumor/lie/etc. Until we have a proven effective treatment, stop.

Some days I function fine (introvert) and some days I want nothing more than to be able to go to a library or coffee shop and just HEAR people around me. I don't even need to interact. I just want to be AROUND others again.

I just pathetically want some acknowledgement that we're all trying to function as close to "normal" as possible under the crushing weight of knowledge that the whole world has tilted and skewed and something is constantly, eerily Not Right, like in a good horror movie.