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With th most countries now moving, or shortly moving, from contain- ment policies to measured re-openings, the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is still mounting socially and economically. Although China began its re-opening phase in April, marking the early part of that month as the peak of global economic inactivity, much of the rest of the world is only now in the early stages of re-opening, so the true depth of the pandemic’s impact is yet to emerge. As more data becomes available, ana- lysts from across the spectrum of governments, policy makers and scientists will all be able to step through the looking-glass to reflect more deeply on what needs to be done to mitigate the impacts of the current crisis, in both human and economic terms, and on what should be done to be better pre- pared for a future pandemic.