Everything you say is real and true and I won't and can't try to distract you from your well-earned fear.
And I believe you are right, certainly; it is going to get worse, and you and your family's vulnerability will be risked more yet, and the present administration's multiple, criminal failings won't help.
And yet... and I can't stress this enough for those reading (and I know Betty's sites have huge traffic)… The world is not ending.
I actually, strongly believe that while the world is going to be hurt by this, it will recover, for the vast majority. And while there's a good chance government will get more dystopian, there's a chance of sanity, too.
A small bit of perspective:
I'm 52, raised in central Canada, and I've never... EVER experienced a world-wide crises that affected me directly. However, my grandparents got hit THREE TIMES; World War I, Spanish Flu, the 1929 stock market crash/Great Depression, and World War II. I won't talk about the wars; obviously, they were far more devastating than anything else... but the Spanish Flu was a bastard. I haven't looked at the numbers recently but it spread and killed crazy numbers.
And today, we have tech that helps immensely. Some that doesn't (social media is poison these days), but much that does. Lots about our systems are not performing well (ventilators/masks/etc. shortages) but we are mobilizing fast to come back.
Entire industries are switching gears; Labbat's in Canada has switched production to sanitizers (taste: unchanged); 2,300 small industries have been restructured to retain employees and produce needed medical material; the list goes on.
People are sick and dying, but in reality, it's overwhelmed hospitals that's the crux of the problem. And things like all of us staying home and 'flattening the curve' actually works. I feel I can trust Canadian health sources and what I'm seeing tells me it's working (except for some rampant spread parts of cities).
The USA seems to be the hot-spot right now (and it may ruin my career... 80% of our customers are in the USA), but if y'all get it under control within a few months, I truly believe the economy will begin to bounce back... for what it's worth.
Vaccine work is continuing with Canada and Sweden seeming to lead the way; clinical trials fast-tracked with several hospital tests done already. It's not 9 months away, I don't believe. I think it'll come sooner.
I've got one final proof that things will essentially be okay: I just negotiated my last 5-year term of my mortgage. God would never let me out of this 19-year albatross of debt. So, I know at the very least, the banking system will survive.
I've been rambling. Sorry, Betty. I mean well. I'm well stoned on 300 mg edible and fell into a word-hole. Let's get drunk and play scrabble.