Inever lived in a pandemic breakdown, but last year I volluntereed in L'Aquila,to help local population in the Abruzzi earthquake. And one thing I saw as absolutely true is: "Good things happen if you do them".
300 people killed, about a hundred thousand people rescued and recovered, thousand of buildings collapsed or ruined; a city and its surroundings shattered. It has been hard to inspire faith in the population. And sometimes, maybe too many times, rescuers didn't make it.
After some months we all saw some mistakes made on top, in planning the reconstruction, in pretending everything was going fine when it wasn't. But after all I'm sure all the people who worked there, who I saw working there, did his best. And I'm sure we did a lot of good things the right way. New friendships, a new awareness, a renewed love of the citizen for their homeland.
After all, crisis management is like learning a waltz: you can start by stomping your partner's toes, but little by little, focusing on the goal, with some good will, you get a grip on the dance. And can go on with it.