The Planet is on Fire and We’re Chilling Out: Mental Illness and the COVID-19 Crisis

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

— R.E.M.

Deaths are piling up exponentially throughout the globe. Most of the country is on lockdown. And many of us are experiencing extreme claustrophobia and high anxiety. But a cohort of mentally ill Americans are doin’ just fine.