There is trauma here, too. Real trauma. The past year has been grueling for millions of Americans. We've lost loved ones and gotten sick ourselves; we've faced job loss and economic instability; we've dealt with mental-health crises, both new and escalating; we've been isolated on a grand scale, cut off from so many of our core social connections and rituals. We have not even begun to reckon with the massive, individual and collective trauma that this pandemic has wrought. It will take years, lifetimes, maybe even generations to metabolize. The past few months have caused some particularly spectacular whiplash. We've gone from tightly restricted vaccine tiers to rapidly opening eligibility within a matter of weeks. I started 2021 watching case counts soar in my county, fully expecting to stay isolated indefinitely. Less than half a year later, I'm fully vaccinated and eating lunch in an aquarium cafeteria. I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop.