Uncertainty and anxiety are present after any major disaster, like a lingering fog. The more consciously we focus on navigating through the next several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the better our recovery will be.
By Cheri Lovre and Art Kleiner
Note to the reader: I coauthored this article with Cheri Lovre, founder of the Crisis Management Institute in Salem, Oregon. Cheri works with educators to help school communities recover after school shootings, the 9/11 attack, natural disasters such as wildfires, other similarly devastating events, and now, the Covid-19 virus. We agreed to publish it under my Medium account. She is the author of a book, A Little Book of Courage for the Big Pandemic, which we worked on together and have just self-published. The idea for this essay came from there. — Art Kleiner
We’re going to come out of it.
There are many steps to take, and it will take some unknown period of time before the COVID-19 pandemic is fully behind us. Even as more effective treatments are recognized, and as vaccines take hold, the emotional effects are just beginning. And yes, many people are still to be infected, and there will still be many losses.
It’s clear now, however, that the crisis period of the pandemic will end — just…
