There’s a special mix of sadness and hope that comes with the ever-present «Once this pandemic is over…». A reminder of both a better future and everything that we’re left missing until then. To add some emotional complexity to the mix: This BBC piece reminds us that it won’t be over when it’s over. «You are living amid the first global mass trauma event for several decades.» And trauma doesn’t disappear, it needs to heal.

From Weekly Filet #336, in February 2021.