Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Courtesy of Deborah Copaken On Top of Everything Else, My Dog Died
Mourning a pet when so many humans are dying might feel unseemly, but loss is loss, and it’s okay to feel it.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic My Fellow Conservatives Are Out of Touch on the Environment
By abandoning a major issue, my party is hurting itself politically.
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Listen: Immunity Passports
We could be headed toward a world with two classes: those immune to the virus, and those still at risk.
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Gregg Vigliotti / The New York Times The Social-Distance Vigilantes in a Massachusetts Senior Home
Residents are asking their neighbors to tell on one another.
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Jason Connolly / AFP / Getty The Party of the Aggrieved
The pandemic has revealed the animating forces of the Republican Party in the age of Trump.
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Ryan Pierse / Getty Photos: Staying Fit Under Lockdown
Athletes and performers around the world are improvising ways to keep up with their training amid coronavirus restrictions.
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Jeremy Leung Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others
COVID-19 is proving to be a disease of the immune system. This could, in theory, be controlled.
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JEFF PACHOUD / AFP / GETTY Let Volunteers Take the COVID Challenge
Young, healthy, informed people should be allowed to participate in vaccine trials.
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Alexander Drago What’s So Hard to Understand About What Trump Has Said?
A clarifying look at the president’s response to the coronavirus, in his own words
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Carolyn Cole-Pool / Getty Gavin Newsom’s Nation-State
How the first-term California governor is handling yet another disaster
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The Atlantic Indians Aren’t Buying China’s Narrative
For a majority of Indians, Beijing isn’t part of the solution to the pandemic, but the problem.
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Lintao Zhang / AP The Utter Futility of Biden’s China Rhetoric
The Democratic candidate tries to out-hawk Trump, but trying to beat Republicans at their own game is pointless—even dangerous.
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Listen: Should You Text Your Ex?
A guide to dating realities during the pandemic
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Bianca Bagnarelli Dear Therapist: I’m Growing Exhausted Dealing With My Sister’s Anxiety
How can I balance her need for support with my own need for boundaries?
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Oliver Munday We Are Living in a Failed State
The coronavirus didn’t break America. It revealed what was already broken.
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LAM YIK FEI / The New York Times … Distance Learning Isn’t Working
Instead of trying to move classes online, schools should support parents in educating their children.
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ivan-96 / emarys / Getty / Katie Martin … The Coronavirus Is Testing America’s Commitment to People’s Constitutional Rights
The government’s reaction to COVID-19 in jails and ICE detention facilities must follow settled legal precedent on acceptable conditions of confinement. The pandemic does not change that obligation.
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Michael Kappeler / DPA / Alamy The Secret to Germany’s COVID-19 Success: Angela Merkel Is a Scientist
The chancellor’s rigor in collating information, her honesty in stating what is not yet known, and her composure are paying off.
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Simon Schluter / Fairfax / Headpress / Redux New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet
Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it’s putting the country on track for success against the coronavirus.
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everfallsims / Tumblr The World Where The Bachelor Will Never Stop Airing
Reality TV won’t be filming for the foreseeable future—except in The Sims.
