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Are we experiencing a K shaped recovery from COVID-19?

A child has his temperature checked as he rubs his hands with hand sanitizer before attending class at PS 361 on the first day of a return to class during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC2EIK9NU58G

A K shaped recovery may be more realistic (and unpleasant) than standard economic recoveries Image: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Kariappa Bheemaiah
Associate research scientist , Cambridge Judge Business School
Mark Esposito
Chief Learning Officer, Nexus FrontierTech, Professor at Hult International Business School
Terence Tse
Executive Director, Nexus FrontierTech, Professor of Finance, Hult International Business School
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