A viral Instagram video has sparked debate by revealing that the Westernized version of Ikigai, often shown as a Venn diagram linking passion and profession, is far from its original Japanese meaning.

At 37, the former bakery manager survives as a living Venn diagram of America’s pandemic failures. She was infected with Sars-Cov-2 (the Covid virus) in the summer of 2020 and had a complex ...