Rita, Riley, and 'Rona Anxiety: A coronavirus pandemic novelette - Novella Jean

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Résumé :
Two women both reach their pandemic breaking points in an all-out brawl at their local supermarket. Rita: ever careful to follow the guidelines, maintains more than six feet of distance, wears two masks, and constantly sanitizes everything. Riley: ever vigilant for signs of tyranny, protests the government restrictions by refusing to wear a mask or be told where she is physically allowed to stand. Both women: on the brink of losing it. So when Rita tells Riley to wear a mask, all hell breaks loose. After months of dealing with all the unknowns of COVID-19, the constant changes in rules and recommendations, and an emotional roller coaster of a year, pandemic anxiety has driven both Rita and Riley to the point of physically fighting. It is not until they are taken in by the police that they realize the stress of the pandemic has affected everyone differently and that each person is doing the best they can to cope with it in their own way.