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Dear CO-VID

an older woman riding public transit, while looking out the window; which reflects the author's tone in her letter to CO-VID
I had no idea as to the impact you would have at this transition point in my life.  Prior to your arrival, I had already sold my house and private practice, making a conscious decision to leave my home of 41 years and to retire to a new city and state.   I had done this only one other time in my life - when I moved away from my family of origin at the age of 26 to settle in an unknown city in Florida…

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a man in isolation looks out of his window during the COVID quarantine as discussed in the corresponding letter
Can I write to you if I don’t believe to have contracted you? Like the overwhelming majority of folks – I think – I’m without your diagnosis but still living under your rule. I’m social, and I’m impatient – two rough traits to have at the moment when we’ve been asked to isolate for an undetermined period of time...

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A snake in the grass, just like the back pain that plagues the writer of a letter posted to the Dear Diagnosis project.
You have been with me for 20 years now - since I was 14 years old. You are like a snake in the grass, striking when I least expect it. You took me down for the first time when I was just a teenager. There was no accident or trauma. Just a family history that nobody thought would manifest so young...

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