The article reflects on the long-lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic five years after it began, acknowledging the substantial loss of life it caused and the societal changes that followed. It discusses the emotional and economic scars left by the pandemic, including ongoing issues like inflation and housing shortages caused in part by COVID. While acknowledging improvements in tourism and the economy, it questions the public health decisions and messages that may have contributed to ongoing distrust, emphasizing the need for thoughtful examination of past actions to inform future policy.
Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward, the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard once asserted.
More than 1 million Americans are dead. We've either lost loved ones or know those who have suffered mightily.
In 2019, few were talking about a nationwide housing crunch or the hefty cost of groceries.
Tourism roared back, restaurants filled again, and the economy is far stronger than it was in the spring of 2020.
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