This Is Us
This Virus Exposes Our World as It Really Is
When the tide recedes, the ruins, the rocks, and the pearls are revealed
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8 min readMay 3, 2020
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One day at the Oregon beach, the kids were small, and we were flying kites while the dog chased seagull shadows along the sand. The sun was shining. Suddenly, a siren began to wail, screaming along the entire beach. The…