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Looking for a 'new normal': Uncertainty fuels East Texans' coronavirus anxiety

Put a name to feelings those images invoke. If one doesn’t come to mind, try this: anxiety.

Credit: AP

Chalked message on a bike trail in Roseville, Calif. on Saturday March 21, 2020. A little more than 24 hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an unprecedented stay-at-home order to nearly 40 million residents to help curb the coronavirus spread, most Californians were faced with how to spend two days of free time with strict limits on their freedom. (AP Photo/Don Thompson)

LONGVIEW, Texas — People are starting to see their work hours cut — or even lose their jobs. Businesses are closing. Grocery store shelves are unreliable. Children are home from school and away from friends, maybe for the rest of the semester.

Behind it all is a virus, something that can’t be seen or touched or felt but that is still driving fear in America. How many people will get sick? What will happen if the medical system is overwhelmed? How many people will die?

Uncertainty is everywhere.

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