Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Shutterstock; illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming
There was always a logical explanation for why cases rose through the end of June while deaths did not.
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Julian Montague Paging Dr. Hamblin: Should I Fly?
If everyone is vigilant and responsible, it can be done safely.
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Nicola Muirhead America Should Prepare for a Double Pandemic
COVID-19 has steamrolled the country. What happens if another pandemic starts before this one is over?
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Newsha Tavakolian A New Understanding of Herd Immunity
The portion of the population that needs to get sick is not fixed. We can change it.
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NIAID / The Atlantic Listen: What Will It Take to Get to Herd Immunity?
One way to slow down the pandemic
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Alyssa Schukar / Redux The Deep South’s Only Democratic Senator Still Has Hope
The Alabama Democrat Doug Jones discusses the coronavirus outbreak in the South, new efforts to grapple with the region’s Confederate legacy, and his hopes that this time of crisis leads to systemic change.
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Remko de Waal / Hollandse Hoogte / Redux The Tragic Loss of Coronavirus Patients’ Final Words
It takes a special kind of inattention to human suffering to not notice how unfortunate it is that people have been left to face death alone.
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Moises Saman / Magnum This Isn’t Sustainable for Working Parents
The pandemic has already taken a toll on the careers of those with young children—particularly mothers.
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Marco Bello / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: The Sun Belt Spike
It’s March all over again.
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Mike Kemp / In Pictures / Getty How a History Textbook Would Describe 2020 So Far
A historian imagines the chapter high schoolers might read one day about this momentous time.
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David McNew / Getty Artificial Lights Tell the Story of the Pandemic
Satellite views of Earth at night reveal the distinct imprint of humankind’s response to a fast-spreading virus.
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Soomin Jung This Is Not a Normal Mental-Health Disaster
If SARS is any lesson, the psychological effects of the novel coronavirus will long outlast the pandemic itself.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Listen: The Stock Market Is ... Up?
Why Wall Street’s doing great while everything else isn’t
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Shutterstock / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic The Pandemic Experts Are Not Okay
Many American public-health specialists are at risk of burning out as the coronavirus surges back.
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Eddie Keogh / Reuters / The Atlantic Listen: How the Coronavirus Affects Kids
The latest on a mysterious syndrome hitting kids—and what it means for schools
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Joris van Gennip / laif / Redux The U.S. Is Repeating Its Deadliest Pandemic Mistake
More than 40 percent of all coronavirus deaths in America have been in nursing homes. Here’s how it got so bad, and why there might still be more to come as cases surge in the Sun Belt.
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Bodo Schackow / picture alliance / Getty Reopening Schools Was Just an Afterthought
Americans found out the hard way that education is essential infrastructure.
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Shutterstock / NIH / The Atlantic Our Minds Aren’t Equipped for This Kind of Reopening
As states ease restrictions on businesses, individuals face a psychological morass.
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LM Otero / AP / The Atlantic Listen: Why the World Can’t Reopen If Schools Can’t
A case for universal child care
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Caroline Tompkins The New Boomerang Kids Could Change American Views of Living at Home
Moving in with your parents is often seen as a mark of irresponsibility. The pandemic might show the country that it shouldn’t be.
