Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Getty / The Atlantic The Lame-Duck Vaccine
The Trump administration spurred development of a vaccine; the Biden administration has to persuade Americans to take it.
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Nicholas Kamm / Getty 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.
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Callaghan O'Hare / The New York Times / … 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.
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The Atlantic All the President’s Lies About the Coronavirus
An unfinished compendium of Trump’s overwhelming dishonesty during a national emergency
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Getty / The Atlantic 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.
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Getty / The Atlantic 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.
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The Atlantic 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.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Podcast: 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.
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Nanna Heitmann / Magnum The Difference Between Feeling Safe and Being Safe
The pandemic has broken Americans’ understanding of what to fear.
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Getty / The Atlantic 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.
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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?
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Peter Dazeley / Getty / Katie Martin / … The Vaccine News That Really Matters
Soon COVID-19 vaccine makers will release early data from large clinical trials, and the results could be ambiguous.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: Is COVID-19 a Preexisting Condition?
What could happen if we lose the Affordable Care Act during the pandemic
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MARK FELIX / AFP / Getty The Third Coronavirus Surge Has Arrived
This week’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations make clear that the U.S. is once again sinking deeper into the pandemic.
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Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Is There a Safe Way to Be Home for the Holidays?
Throughout the pandemic, Americans have been tempted to violate public-health experts’ recommendations. The winter holidays might be the strongest temptation yet.
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Getty / Shutterstock / The Atlantic What Strength Really Means When You’re Sick
The metaphors that Trump and others use when talking about COVID-19 are making the pandemic worse.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Why Trump’s Rapid-Testing Plan Worries Scientists
Experts were already divided on the right way to deploy new coronavirus tests. Then the White House barged ahead.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: The Bizarre, Inconsistent Story of Trump’s Illness
What did the president know and when did he know it?
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Mark Wilson / Getty What Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 Case Tells Us About Trump’s
Donald Trump’s political cousin in Brazil has followed the populist playbook to a T. It’s worked wonders for him.
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Win McNamee / Getty Did You Wake Anyone Up to Tell Them Trump Has COVID-19?
On the impulse to tell the person next to you when a big story breaks
