Rachel Gutman
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Carl Court / Getty Omicron’s Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios
A new, highly contagious variant could have terrible consequences. But if it ends up causing milder symptoms than Delta, there’s a real upside.
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Anthony Souffle / Star Tribune / Getty COVID Sure Looks Seasonal Now
After two years of pandemic waves, we’re finally learning whether the disease has a predictable schedule.
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Emily Elconin / Bloomberg / Getty COVID-Vaccine Mandates for Kids Are Coming
But are they a good idea?
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Getty ; The Atlantic Is Moderna Really Better Than Pfizer—Or Is It Just a Higher Dose?
It’s possible that a good deal of the difference in the shots’ performance can be summed up with a simple phrase: More is better.
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Leon Neal / Getty; The Atlantic Should You Mix and Match Your Booster Shot?
We know more than ever about how to use boosters, but still very little about when to use them.
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Sarah Silbiger / Getty; The Atlantic Fauci: Boosters Are for Keeping People Healthy, Not Alive
Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser on the future of COVID-19 vaccination and how to prevent the next pandemic
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Shannon Lin / The Atlantic Fully Vaccinated Is Suddenly a Much Less Useful Phrase
With tens of millions of Americans eligible for booster shots, the term could start to lose its meaning.
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The Atlantic You Might Want to Wait to Get a Booster Shot
There are no simple rules for timing on a third jab—but maybe don’t rush it.
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Getty; The Atlantic Booster Bandits Are Walking a Fine Line
Getting an illicit third shot has gone mainstream, but it’s still a real ethical dilemma.
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Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg / Getty Why Wait 8 Months?
You could probably sneak in a COVID-19 booster shot right now. But there are a few good reasons to hold off.
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Getty Why Is It Taking So Long to Get Vaccines for Kids?
A few things still need to happen before the shots can be authorized for Americans younger than 12.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Dos and Don’ts of Hot Vax Summer
A vaccinated American’s guide to traveling this summer
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Rachel Gutman / The Atlantic A Crumpled, Dried-Out Relic of the Pandemic
I returned to my office and found an apple that had somehow not rotted away.
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Ed Kashi / VII / Redux 6 Questions for the Boss Who Wants You Back in Your Cubicle
Here’s how to find out if your workplace’s return-to-office plans are actually safe.
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Adam Maida / Getty / The Atlantic You Got the Vaccine! What Can You Do Now?
A guide to America’s awkward, semi-vaccinated months
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic Sorry to Burst Your Quarantine Bubble
Pod means something different to everyone, and that’s a problem.
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Dina Litovsky A Marching Band’s ‘Mountaintop’
How the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps prepared for the big parade
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HENNING BAGGER / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP / … The Pandemic Safety Rule That Really Matters
Don’t spend time indoors with people outside your household.
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The Atlantic You’ll Probably Never Know If You Had the Coronavirus in January
So far, all available evidence suggests that few Americans were infected in the first weeks of the year. It would be next to impossible to find out who they were.
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Getty / The Atlantic A ‘Mic Drop’ on a Theory of Language Evolution
Linguists now think our ancestors might have been chattering away for ages longer than they previously believed.
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