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At Level 5, the person has excellent mental, behavioral, and psychosocial health. The individual has a rational and healthy respect for the seriousness, lethality, and consequences of a pandemic virus. The individual presents no irrational fears or anxieties around a pandemic virus despite exposure to trigger events (e.g., media reporting of positive novel coronavirus [COVID-19] cases, COVID-related illnesses and deaths, school and workplace closures). Clinically significant psychological/emotional symptoms and conditions are dealt with in a therapeutically healthy and normal manner. Individuals at Level 5 are stress hardy. They have the innate ability to bounce back from adversity. They endorse public health principles, practices, guidelines, and government mandates associated with a pandemic disaster. They view good virus hygiene and adherence to public health guidelines as essential to the protection of themselves and others and get vaccinated, wear a mask, wash their hands, and keep a social distance. The person lives life with excellent balance, adaptation, and adjustment in relation to their changing pandemic environment. The individual responds empathically to the grief, loss, and extraordinary stressful and/or traumatic events associated with a pandemic virus. They balance the reality of a pandemic disaster with other life responsibilities and make choices to thrive, rather than just survive, during the pandemic disaster. The person’s overall mental and physical well-being is demonstrated by consistent attempts to achieve optimal levels of wellness and resiliency. The person finds existential meaning and solace regarding their life and others in their environment amid a pandemic disaster. The mental, behavioral, psychosocial, and medical/physical health of the individual at Level 5 is demonstrated by the following.