My *expletive* attempt to get my family to take COVID-19/coronavirus seriously. It *expletive* worked. Send this letter to yours now.

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Preface:

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been growing increasingly frustrated with how my family has been responding to my suggestions on how to respond to and prep for the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, especially as it reaches an unfortunate tipping point in the US. Instead of venting about the US Government’s response (their reckoning will come), I’m focusing on the people closest to me.

When reports of Italy’s hospital infrastructure distress started to disseminate on Monday, March…