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The only real solution to your issue is to just not think about it I'm afraid.
There's patchwork solutions that aid in not thinking about it - Preparing for what comes, organizing so you feel like you're doing some good, working to alleviate the worst of it, learning about nice things that are happening (mainly in China).
You'll still end up thinking about it from time to time. You'll still be paralyzed. Hopefully it will be easier to break out of with some of these.
I've never met a mentally healthy person who was aware of what lies in store for us. I've never met a mentally healthy person who was thinking about it.
Dread and paralysis are two very separate things.
If you know what to do (especially day-to-day) and have the will to do it, you're not going to be paralyzed, even in the face of terror.