Originally Posted by
Silver Fox
It's over as far as London is concerned. Every time I go there it is less and less obvious covid ever existed. People are not working at home to any great degree any longer, tourists seem to be increasing, some half hearted attempts at mask wearing but diminishing rapidly. Pubs and clubs are just as normal. Same with sporting events.
I agree leisure activities are mostly back to normal, but work is one big exception that I think will take longer and never go back to the same pre-covid levels.
Google Mobility Data compares current behaviour to the baseline of Jan 3rd to Feb 6th 2020:
For UK:
https://www.gstatic.com/covid19/mobi...port_en-GB.pdf
- retail, recreation and shopping are mostly recovered.
But people going to workspaces is down 30% UK wide and
40% in London.
It is one of the things that I doubt will ever get back to pre-covid levels. Unfortunately the other thing is business travel.