Is Covid Getting Less Deadly?

Covid-19 morgue in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 2021

Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

Hi folks, it’s Kristen writing from the road in Edinburgh this week. A reader wonders whether, so long into the pandemic, the deadliness of the virus is waning. But before we get there…

Are we likely to see a reduction in the mortality rate from Covid in future strains? And what is the likelihood of another disease becoming as globally destructive as Covid? Lisa, Australia