Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Aaron Marin America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral
As the U.S. heads toward the winter, the country is going round in circles, making the same conceptual errors that have plagued it since spring.
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Apu GOMES / AFP / Getty Why Americans Really Go to the Gym
People lost more than fitness when their favorite gyms shut down.
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Milan Bures / Anzenberger / Redux The Emotionally Challenging Next Phase of the Pandemic
The end of summer is a bitter reminder: America’s coronavirus ordeal won’t end when 2020 does.
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Simoul Alva Did COVID-19 Mess Up My Heart?
I got sick six months ago. Now I can barely make it up the stairs.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Pandemic Is No Excuse to Surveil Students
Trying to do so is all but useless.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Pandemic Has Created a Class of Super-Savers
“We’re just rife with cash and it has led to a decent amount of guilt.”
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Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Herd Immunity Is Not a Strategy
What the term actually means, and what it doesn’t
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Peter van Agtmael / Magnum A Stranger Helped My Family at Our Darkest Moment
I met Lisa when my son went over a waterfall.
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Essam Al Sudani / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: Plasma and Immunity
A COVID-19 survivor asks questions about her immunity and donating plasma.
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The Atlantic The Most American COVID-19 Failure Yet
Contact tracing works almost everywhere else. Why not here?
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Empty Space Where Normal Once Lived
In the heat of COVID-19 and climate change, it’s too easy to forget what flourishing feels like.
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Getty / The Atlantic A New Era of Coronavirus Testing Is About to Begin
A newly authorized test promises to double America’s monthly testing capacity, thanks in part to a huge purchase by the Trump administration. Can the test deliver?
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Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Preparing Your Mind for Uncertain Times
What ancient philosophers can teach us about embracing the unknown
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Pat Greenhouse / The Boston Globe / Getty The Pandemic Recession Is Approaching a Dire Turning Point
Without an extra $600 a week in unemployment assistance, many Americans are on the brink of not being able to pay rent or put food on the table.
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Buda Mendes / Kevin Frayer / Scott Olson … The Pandemic Isn’t a Death Knell for Populism
Just because populist leaders haven’t fared well against the coronavirus doesn’t mean their opponents should count them out.
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Noah Berger / AP Two Disasters Are Exponentially Worse Than One
Californians face an impossible choice between virus safety and fire safety.
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Kevin LaMarque / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: The Comedy and Tragedy of Virtual Live Events
When events went online, they lost something indescribable. But did some of them gain something new?
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Getty / Paul Spella / The Atlantic Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19
Without understanding the lingering illness that some patients experience, we can’t understand the pandemic.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Mythology of Karen
The meme is so powerful because of the awkward status of white women.
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Rodrigo Abd / AP The Lonely Work of Performing Funerals in Lima, Peru
Rodrigo Abd, a photojournalist with the Associated Press, recently spent time with Ronald Marin, a lay worker in Lima, as he served a community hard-hit by COVID-19.
