Coronavirus: COVID-19

The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19

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The Logic of Pandemic Restrictions Is Falling Apart

This is why you can eat in a restaurant but can’t have Thanksgiving.
- Amanda Mull
- 8:00 AM ET
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Listen: How to Cancel Thanksgiving

Because you should.
- November 20, 2020
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Hospitals Know What’s Coming

“We are on an absolutely catastrophic path,” said a COVID-19 doctor at America’s best-prepared hospital.
- Ed Yong
- November 20, 2020
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The Final Pandemic Surge Is Crashing Over America

For the first time, the U.S. recorded 1 million COVID-19 cases in one week.
- Robinson Meyer and The COVID Tracking Project
- November 19, 2020
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The End of the Pandemic Is Now in Sight

A year of scientific uncertainty is over. Two vaccines look like they will work, and more should follow.
- Sarah Zhang
- November 18, 2020
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The Pandemic Safety Rule That Really Matters

Don’t spend time indoors with people outside your household.
- Rachel Gutman
- November 17, 2020
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Cancel Thanksgiving

This is a moment for creativity.
- James Hamblin
- November 16, 2020
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It’s Time to Hunker Down

A devastating surge is here. Unless Americans act aggressively, it will get much larger, very quickly.
- Zeynep Tufekci
- November 14, 2020
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Listen: A 90 Percent Effective Vaccine

The lead principal investigator of the Pfizer vaccine trial explains the news that it’s 90 percent effective.
- November 13, 2020
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‘No One Is Listening to Us’

More people than ever are hospitalized with COVID-19. Health-care workers can’t go on like this.
- Ed Yong
- November 13, 2020
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The Lame-Duck Vaccine

The Trump administration spurred development of a vaccine; the Biden administration has to persuade Americans to take it.
- Sarah Zhang
- November 10, 2020
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How Trump Sold Failure to 70 Million People

The president convinced many voters that his response to the pandemic was not a disaster. The psychology of medical fraud is simple, timeless, and tragic.
- James Hamblin
- November 10, 2020
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A Dreadful New Peak for the American Pandemic

The country recorded more than 100,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday—the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.
- Robinson Meyer and Alexis C. Madrigal
- November 4, 2020
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Trump’s Pathology Is Now Clear

As the coronavirus spreads uncontrolled across the U.S., the president has gone from downplaying the pandemic to COVID denial.
- James Hamblin
- October 31, 2020
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The Simple Rule That Could Keep COVID-19 Deaths Down

The longer we can prevent infections, the better prepared we will be to treat them.
- Sarah Zhang
- October 30, 2020
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America Is About to Choose How Bad the Pandemic Will Get

If Donald Trump is reelected, he will continue to downplay the threat of the coronavirus, and more Americans will fall ill.
- Ed Yong
- October 28, 2020
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Listen: The Virus Is Peaking, but Help Is Going Away

Americans now face a third wave of the coronavirus. New lockdowns may soon follow—this time, without economic support.
- October 26, 2020
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The Difference Between Feeling Safe and Being Safe

The pandemic has broken Americans’ understanding of what to fear.
- Amanda Mull
- October 26, 2020
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The Coronavirus Surge That Will Define the Next 4 Years

Cases are rising in all but nine states. Unlike the past two waves, this one has no epicenter.
- Robinson Meyer
- October 22, 2020
Julian Montague

Paging Dr. Hamblin: I Don’t See the Upside of a Flu Shot

I’m young and healthy, so what’s the point?
- James Hamblin
- October 21, 2020

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