Social solidarity to get through the pandemic months
As of 7 December, the world Covid-19 death rate neared 150% of its previous peak in April (seven-day rolling average), and was rising sharply. It will take months, maybe many months, for vaccination to slow that death rate decisively. Strict covid-distancing rules at one level or another will be needed for those months. The 150% figure is not driven by US statistics, though the death rate there has been rising fast since mid-October and will soon pass the local April peak. Nor by South America, where rates are still high but falling or levelling. Nor India, the same. Nor East Asia and Africa...