@ Fran Franklin,
I think your feelings are quite justified in this day and age.
Sad when we have to worry about how a word or phrase might offend the perpetually offended.
Healthcare is a real concern for many. While some say Medicare for all is the answer and point to other countries as proof, this is America. And if it has to be messed up in a hurry, let our government do it.
Not sure what may work for you, but what we do is what we can control in our immediate area. That includes everything from being in control (to the degree we can) of where we get our meat from. Or our veggies from our own gardens. What steps we can take if there is real civil unrest in terms of keeping ourselves safe, warm and fed. We try to find like minded people who we can talk to.
Fear and shock can be mitigated by thinking here and now, how to react to a situation. Go through the mental motions over and over again until it becomes nearly second nature. In the Marines, that is why we train over and over again, so when that time comes, we fight as we trained. I know, easier said than done right?
For the most part we too are going to shelter in place or bug-in. But we also live in the sticks, so unrest around here is if one of the goats gets out. And we too prep accordingly. But I do not rule out the possibility we may have to bug-out. Hope it does not come to that.