Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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The Atlantic Nine Pandemic Words That Almost No One Gets Right
Actually, you’re probably not in quarantine.
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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp Timing Is Everything for Merck’s COVID Pill
The drug, molnupiravir, is named after Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir. But its power depends on reaching the right people, in the right time frame.
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Universal History Archive / Getty; Ullstein / Getty; … A Better Name for Booster Shots
The phrase took off earlier this year but flew too close to the sun. Maybe we should let it burn.
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Greg Nash-Poo/ l Getty; The Atlantic CDC Director: ‘Walk, Don’t Run’ to Get Your Booster
While some Pfizer recipients can now get an extra shot, federal officials are still mum on what’s next for the at-risk individuals who got Moderna or J&J.
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The Atlantic The Nonsensical Loophole in Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
A weather report can’t replace an umbrella, and a coronavirus test can’t replace a shot.
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The Atlantic The Lab-Leak Debate Just Got Even Messier
A new leaked document is stirring up another frenzy over the pandemic’s origins. What does it really tell us?
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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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Jamie Hodgson / Getty The Most Important Vaccine I’ll Get This Fall
After last year’s eerie lull, flu viruses could be poised to return packing a bigger punch.
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Josep Gutierrez / Getty / The Atlantic ‘Post-Vax COVID’ Is a New Disease
Eventually we might all have to deal with COVID-19—but a shorter, gentler version, thanks to vaccines.
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Hannah Beier / Bloomberg / Getty Sorry, a Coronavirus Infection Might Not Be Enough to Protect You
Anyone who’d rather have COVID-19 than get vaccinated is taking two gambles: that immunity will stick around, and that symptoms won’t.
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Justin Paget / Getty; The Atlantic Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning
A new study suggests that almost half of those hospitalized with COVID-19 have mild or asymptomatic cases.
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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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Getty; The Atlantic Don’t Believe the Salad Millionaire
You’re smart enough to pick your own lunch, no matter what Sweetgreen's CEO says.
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Getty; The Atlantic We’re Asking the Impossible of Vaccines
Complete protection against infection has long been hailed as the holy grail of vaccination. It might simply be unachievable.
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Shira Inbar The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once
The benefits of ventilation reach far beyond the coronavirus. What if we stop taking colds and flus for granted, too?
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Getty; Dawid Markiewicz / Getty; The Atlantic Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future
Many people with long COVID feel that science is failing them. Neglecting them could make the pandemic even worse.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Wrong Way to Test Yourself for the Coronavirus
Rapid tests can help you stay safe in the Delta outbreak. But you have to use them correctly.
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Daniel Reiner / Alamy; The Atlantic ‘We Were Going and I Am Not at All Sorry’
Many Americans booked travel well before COVID-19 cases started soaring. Now what?
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Bernd Schöllhorn and Serge Berthier This Wasp Nest of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine
Under ultraviolet light, the silk that covers the base of paper-wasp nests turns neon green.
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Matt Chase The Coronavirus Could Get Worse
Delta is far from the last variant. But what shape the virus takes next depends on us.
