SOLVED
Third post in the thread below. Just get the 7.1.2 full image instead of the 7.1.1 I mention in that post.
Pay attention to removing the -w from the flashall bat file. That is the key to saving your data.
And second to the last post in the thread are the instructions for getting root back.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/help/stupidly-bootloop-help-t3554242
I'm on a mac, not sure how to do the last step with running the .bat file
Edit: went into the bat file and ran the equivalent commands in terminal
(fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1702151126.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 >nul
fastboot flash radio radio-marlin-8996-012901-1702171013.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 >nul
fastboot update image-marlin-n2g47e.zip)
Here is the terminal messages I got
Last login: Mon Apr 3 18:00:13 on ttys000
Tryfons-MBP:~ tryfon$ cd /Users/tryfon/Desktop/platform-tools
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latform-tools tryfon$ ./fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1702151126.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'bootloader_b' (32380 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.811s]
writing 'bootloader_b'...
(bootloader) Valid bootloader version.
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_b"
(bootloader) Flashing active slot "_b"
OKAY [ 4.163s]
finished. total time: 4.974s
Tryfons-MBP

latform-tools tryfon$ fastboot reboot-bootloader
-bash: fastboot: command not found
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latform-tools tryfon$ ./fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.046s]
finished. total time: 0.046s
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latform-tools tryfon$ fastboot flash radio radio-marlin-8996-012901-1702171013.img
-bash: fastboot: command not found
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latform-tools tryfon$ ./fastboot flash radio radio-marlin-8996-012901-1702171013.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'radio_b' (57240 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.444s]
writing 'radio_b'...
OKAY [ 0.704s]
finished. total time: 2.148s
Tryfons-MBP

latform-tools tryfon$ ./fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
finished. total time: 0.050s
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latform-tools tryfon$ ./fastboot update image-marlin-n2g47e.zip
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: 8996-012001-1702151126
Baseband Version.....: 8996-012901-1702171013
Serial Number........: HT72A0200395
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.050s]
sending 'boot_b' (25997 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.701s]
writing 'boot_b'...
OKAY [ 0.260s]
erasing 'system_b'...
OKAY [ 0.457s]
sending sparse 'system_b' 1/4 (514854 KB)...
OKAY [ 14.106s]
writing 'system_b' 1/4...
OKAY [ 6.005s]
sending sparse 'system_b' 2/4 (524140 KB)...
OKAY [ 14.606s]
writing 'system_b' 2/4...
OKAY [ 4.937s]
sending sparse 'system_b' 3/4 (512784 KB)...
OKAY [ 14.072s]
writing 'system_b' 3/4...
OKAY [ 6.243s]
sending sparse 'system_b' 4/4 (32756 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.905s]
writing 'system_b' 4/4...
OKAY [ 0.297s]
erasing 'system_a'...
OKAY [ 0.411s]
sending sparse 'system_a' 1/4 (520579 KB)...
OKAY [ 13.904s]
writing 'system_a' 1/4...
OKAY [ 3.787s]
sending sparse 'system_a' 2/4 (521193 KB)...
OKAY [ 13.721s]
writing 'system_a' 2/4...
OKAY [ 4.103s]
sending sparse 'system_a' 3/4 (510216 KB)...
OKAY [ 14.206s]
writing 'system_a' 3/4...
OKAY [ 3.788s]
sending sparse 'system_a' 4/4 (128745 KB)...
OKAY [ 3.513s]
writing 'system_a' 4/4...
OKAY [ 1.049s]
erasing 'vendor_b'...
OKAY [ 0.154s]
sending 'vendor_b' (242238 KB)...
OKAY [ 6.003s]
writing 'vendor_b'...
OKAY [ 3.653s]
Setting current slot to 'b'...
OKAY [ 0.087s]
rebooting...
finished. total time: 131.364s
Tryfons-MBP

latform-tools tryfon$
Everything turned out fine!!!