Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Victor J. Blue / The New York Times … It’s a Terrible Idea to Deny Medical Care to Unvaccinated People
Omicron is pushing hospitals to their limit, but the medical system still has an ethical responsibility to all patients—no matter the choices they make.
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Alexi Rosenfeld / Getty Omicron Is Making America’s Bad Jobs Even Worse
The latest wave of the pandemic is pushing service workers to the brink.
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The Atlantic The Worst of the Omicron Wave Could Still Be Coming
A long descent from a peak in cases could exact a larger toll than even Omicron’s blistering ascent.
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The Atlantic Calling Omicron ‘Mild’ Is Wishful Thinking
We are far past the point of hoping that this variant will spare us.
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Getty; The Atlantic Omicron Is Forcing Us to Rethink Mild COVID
The staggering number of infections among the vaccinated is changing Americans’ pandemic mindset.
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Lambert / Lambert / Getty COVID Isolation Is a Lot Like … Muffin Baking
Stay with me.
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Allison Dinner / Bloomberg / Getty Hospitals Are in Serious Trouble
Omicron is inundating a health-care system that was already buckling under the cumulative toll of every previous surge.
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Jon Challicom / Getty Should I Just Get Omicron Over With?
If you’re vaccinated, an infection might not make you super sick, but don’t count on it making you super immune, either.
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Getty / The Atlantic Our Relationship With COVID Vaccines Is Just Getting Started
We probably will need additional shots. But just how many depends on our immune systems, the virus, and how often they collide.
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Getty; The Atlantic Sports Leagues Are Showing Us Just How Bad Omicron Could Get
Even some of the healthiest and most highly vaccinated communities in the country are being ravaged by the new variant.
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Scott McIntyre / The New York Times / … There’s No Way Americans Will Cancel Their Travel Plans
Many people are gathering for the holidays no matter what. Here’s how to do that as safely as possible.
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Getty / The Atlantic How Long Does Omicron Take to Make You Sick?
The new variant seems to be our quickest one yet. That makes it harder to catch with the tests we have.
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Getty; The Atlantic I Canceled My Birthday Party Because of Omicron
Here’s how I thought through the decision.
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Getty / The Atlantic Fully Vaccinated Is About to Mean Something Else
The CDC might update the definition very soon, even though we still don’t know for sure how many shots we’ll need.
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Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty The Death Toll Says It All
We know how America really feels about the 800,000 lives lost to COVID.
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Bloomberg / Getty; NurPhoto / Getty; The Atlantic America Is Not Ready for Omicron
The new variant poses a far graver threat at the collective level than the individual one—the kind of test that the U.S. has repeatedly failed.
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Getty; The Atlantic A Guide to Mixed-Vaccination-Status Holidays
We’ve broken down the chances of transmission at a gathering with one unvaccinated adult, multiple unvaccinated adults, and unvaccinated or semi-vaccinated kids.
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Getty / The Atlantic T Cells Might Be Our Bodies’ Best Shot Against Omicron
The new variant may undermine some vaccine-derived defenses. But the immune system’s best assassins are likely to hold the line.
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Getty; The Atlantic Our First Preview of How Vaccines Will Fare Against Omicron
The variant will change the risk landscape for the vaccinated. The question is, how much?
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Laurent Coust / Sipa / AP Omicron Has Created a Whole New Booster Logic
For a while I was on the fence about getting another shot. Then came the newest variant of concern.
