Rachel Gutman-Wei
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Getty; Zuma Press, Inc. / Alamy; The Atlantic Inside the Mind of an Anti-Paxxer
Paxlovid can be a lifesaving treatment for COVID. Why do so many patients turn it down?
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The Atlantic A Simple Rule for Planning Your Fall Booster Shot
Everyone will probably gain something from the updated vaccines. Here’s how to make the most of it.
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Alex Welsh / The New York Times / … Of Course Biden Has Rebound COVID
What is even going on with Paxlovid?
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Anton Raharjo / Anadolu Agency / Getty Monkeypox Could Be Nothing—Or It Could Be the Next Syphilis
Three possible paths the virus could take in the United States
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Philipp von Ditfurth / Picture Alliance / Getty Rebound COVID Is Just the Start of Paxlovid’s Mysteries
There’s plenty more to learn about the lifesaving antiviral COVID treatment.
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Evan Agostini / Invision / AP Can Anyone Out-Plan a Pandemic?
Bill Gates has a strategy to save the world from the next infectious threat. He’s not the first.
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Lambert / Getty; The Atlantic Paxlovid Mouth Is Real—And Gross
“I imagine this is what grapefruit juice mixed with soap would taste like.”
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The Atlantic Daily: Republicans Could Just Call Trump a Loser
What if the GOP stopped capitulating to Trump? Plus: There’s a reason kids make better philosophers than grown-ups do.
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The Atlantic Daily: Three Possible Futures for a Musk-Owned Twitter
Elon Musk has bought Twitter. It may not make him—or the platform’s users—happy.
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The Atlantic Daily: The Case for Letting Ukraine Into NATO
Ukraine will need more than aid to be free and independent, one writer argues. Plus: When was the last time you thought about Uranus?
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Angus Mordant / Bloomberg / Getty What Masks Off on Public Transit Means for the Pandemic
Why is this mandate different from all other mandates?
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The Atlantic Daily: Welcome to the Trump Cinematic Universe
Pro-Trump Republicans don’t just believe in the Big Lie, our writers argue. They also believe in a million little ones.
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The Atlantic Seriously, Why Not Get a Fourth Shot?
The risks from over-boosting are very small.
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Getty; Cedric von Niederhausern / The Atlantic Another COVID Wave Is Looming
How bad will it be?
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Justin Sullivan / Getty How to Time Your Second Booster
The effects of the first one may be fading. When will it be time for seniors to re-up?
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Tamir Kalifa / The New York Times / … Restaurant Vaccine Mandates Were Set Up to Fail
Did they keep dining rooms safer? Probably a little. Did they persuade many people to get a shot? Maybe not.
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Getty; The Atlantic What Americans Should Do to Prepare for Russian Cyberattacks
Russians have elevated patriotic hacking to an “art form.” Americans may feel the effects.
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iStock / Getty Mask Mandates Are Illogical. So What?
They only need to align with communities’ goals.
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The Atlantic Families Are Going Rogue With Rapid Tests
Scientifically speaking, it’s gross.
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Jasmin Merdan; Getty Should Teen Boys Get Boosted?
Third shots for adolescent boys and young men were already a hard sell. Then came Omicron.
