Emerging from the Pandemic: Are You a Butterfly or a Grizzly Bear? Or a Bit of Both?

We are waking up from what has felt like suspended animation—“a state of temporary inactivity,” “inertia,” “a holding pattern.” As more people are vaccinated for COVID-19 and cases continue to drop, we are emerging as if butterflies from a cocoon. . . . Or do you feel more like a grizzly bear that’s been in hibernation for a year, now starving and maybe a bit leery.