I started writing the next book series: an advanced society dealing with the ravages of a deadly plague. Then, as I was getting through the first chapter, a real modern plague began to play-out. It was like writing about a murder and then someone near and dear to you gets murdered. For some people this would bring inspiration. For me it brought feelings akin to disorientation, claustrophobia, and terror. So, I just couldn't bring myself to write another word. Should I try to push myself to write about it anyway? Would it help to bring out some of the feelings I'm having into the light for examination?
Virus from Cyborg Dreams Volume 2: The Buried Past

 “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
― Stephen King
One of my favorite authors, and one of my favorite quotes about being a writer. If I can't bring myself to write, should I at least read a lot? On relevant information? Okay, I am reading... but not books. I read charts and figures, articles and reports on how the plague is playing out in different countries, counties and cities. My reading is non-fiction on how all of humanity is dealing with the coronavirus/SARS-COV2/COVID-19 pandemic in their own way. I guess it could be considered research for my book series. 
This is what I have so far:
In January 2020 the world learned of another virus in China. Like the boy who cried wolf, this wasn't the first time China generated a pandemic threat. I took notice, looked at the figures: 98% survival rate? We already have a reliable test for it? Not so bad, and it will probably never leave Asia anyway... so, I dismissed the threat. In fact, almost everyone at the time thought it was no worse than the flu similar to the massively over-hyped swine flu threat a few years back. Still, despite the WHO not recommending it, countries like the USA began limiting travel to and from China as well as checking passengers for symptoms as a precaution. Italy dismissed it and had a marathon.
Next, reports came out that were somewhat alarming... of transmission rates being high, of being able to catch it from someone who wasn't even showing any symptoms. Well that threw a wrench in things. We were only checking people's temperatures and asking about symptoms... "no temp, no symptoms, come on in!" So it spread all over major cities across the world before anyone knew it was there. Other countries like Singapore, and South Korea forced 2 week quarantines and required everyone to wear masks and their transmission rates were far lower. Japan flat-out refused entry to their country then postponed the Olympics. 
Next, news came that the elderly were far more susceptible. Countries like Germany protected their sick and elderly and bee-lined measures for early medical intervention. For some reason, other countries like USA and Australia bought up toilet paper in mass quantities.
The CDC and the WHO recommended everyone go into quarantine for 2 weeks to stop the spread of the plague. Except we still needed fast food, groceries and medicine so not everyone wanted to close down and no one wore masks because the CDC and WHO said they weren't effective. Many argued over who had the right to tell people to stop working, wear masks or avoid a plague that only killed 2%.
And this was just the beginning when 99% of the deaths were in China.
So, I guess you could say I'm getting a lot of relevant information together for my next book...