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COVID Chaos

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Nothing like a little pandemic to keep you on your toes, right? As if a compromised immune system isn't enough during regular flu season, in comes ol' COVID-19 to spice things up. I've been incredibly fortunate that my MS has been kept very well under control since its initial flare-up; I get to live most days like a "normal" person, without giving much thought to my status as someone with a chronic illness. That is, I GOT to live life like a normal person until the Coronavirus rolled in as if to say...  Now, to be fair, the current situation has everyone  in a bit of a frenzy. Arguably, some are over reacting (looking at you, toilet paper hoarders), but many are not. In fact, if there was ever a time to live by the phrase 'better safe than sorry,' it's absolutely now. That being said, I wish our healthy peers would take a step back and try to understand that some of these protocols they see as "extreme" and necessary only beca