On comparative Covid picture - interesting thing, noticed by pretty senior UK officials too, about being in Washington DC last week, was it felt like being transported back to UK early spring.
Everyone wearing masks indoors, many outside too...
And just whole town feeling empty
Everyone wearing masks indoors, many outside too...
And just whole town feeling empty
DC has broadly comparable vaccination rates - partial - 72% vs 73%, full 60% vs 67%... but completely different in relation to opening up. Goes to show what many economists stressed - lifting lockdowns is one thing, people to have confidence to end voluntary social distancing too
There are relatively few people able to make such comparisons because ordinary travel to US from UK still just about banned until November, we were allowed under State Dept exemption...
Perhaps its consequence of POTUS focus on caution/ masks etc ...
Perhaps its consequence of POTUS focus on caution/ masks etc ...
Perhaps the euros footy had a significant impact on changing the mass psychology of the country out of pandemic mode, meaning that here in the UK the lifting of restrictions also saw people gain confidence not to continue with voluntary social restrictions as well…
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