One of the worrying things about post-pandemic life is that it might be K shaped. Economists are already talking about the ‘K-shaped’ recovery. In a normal economic shock, everything goes badly for a bit (\) and then it goes back up again (/). Hence there is a \/ shaped recovery. In this pandemic, however, business activity has looked more like this, with some businesses suddenly growing lots while other shrink: Why has this happened? Some businesses have really benefitted from the pandemic.