Over so soon? Some people are dreading the return to a post-pandemic world
When the pandemic closed her preschool, teaching assistant Susan Woods wanted to return to her kids as soon as possible. “It didn’t feel right not being there,” she said.

But despite pangs for her little charges, when Woods anticipates going back — to the parking hassles, the schedule, the pressure to get it all done — she tenses.

Obituaries for this pandemic are premature. But with predictions of a potential return to somewhat normal-ish life sometime in 2021, some people who were worried this horrible interlude would never end are now worried about the day when it does. And they, of course, are the lucky ones — people whose health and families haven’t been knocked down by COVID.


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