Book/Life connections

Reading the Washington Post this morning, a sense of unease comes over me as two of the articles I am reading bear close resemblance to events that are occurring in the book I am currently reading, Station Eleven. This immediately reminds me of the time I was sitting in the waiting room of the public health clinic, reading The Stand. I began to notice that all of the people around me were sniffling and sneezing, making sounds of illness. Discomforting, considering the plot of the book.