Waiting for post-Covid

As we wait for a post-Covid world to arrive, we may need to adjust our expectations. And some countries will need to adjust their approaches for new Covid realities.

Across the developed world, Covid outcomes are generally improving.  Cases have largely stabilised, and increasingly widespread vaccinations have substantially weakened the link between Covid cases and deaths.

This has allowed economies to open up over the past several months.  With the aid of vaccination passports, for example, the European summer was close to normality.  Q2 GDP results show a strong economic recovery. And some countries are now looking to the end of all restrictions as vaccination rates rise: Denmark has just lifted all Covid restrictions on >80% vaccination rates.