My strat so far: - Limiting myself to news on the topic 1x/day, which is plenty to stay abreast - Keeping an eye on my thoughts. Is my thinking on the topic p

My strat so far: - Limiting myself to news on the topic 1x/day, which is plenty to stay abreast - Keeping an eye on my thoughts. Is my thinking on the topic productive (e.g., helping me come up with new useful things to do, like helping friends prepare?) or merely repetitive (i.e., a waste of attention?) - If repetitive, I practice mindfulness by gently noting to myself (not in a self-flagellating way) whenever I'm having thoughts or feelings about coronavirus, and then just refocusing on the thing I intend to be doing. Also, it's normal to have a period of difficulty when coming to terms with something bad. It can help you be emotionally prepared for what's coming, rather than having to confront it during the crisis. In case it helps, one thing that Marc Lipsitch (https://twitter.com/mlipsitch https://twitter.com/mlipsitch) points out is that this pandemic is not an existential threat. It is bad, and it will affect people you know and perhaps you in a bad way, but the world will go on.