Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP / Getty The Conservative Campaign Against Safety
How did we get to the point where ministers, the president, many Republican politicians, and a variety of media outlets are calling for people to risk death to save the economy?
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Ina Jang The Social-Distancing Culture War Has Begun
Across the country, social distancing is morphing from a public-health to political act. The consequences could be disastrous.
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2020 Time Capsule #9: ‘The Woman in Michigan’
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Creativenko / Tartila / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Here’s How to Fight Coronavirus Misinformation
Send this to the person in your life who needs to read it.
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JOHANNES EISELE / AFP / GETTY America Should Build an International Coalition Now
The United States has an urgent interest in filling the global leadership void during this stateless scourge.
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David Ryder / Reuters Spare a Moment for Sorrow
Amid the chaos, take time to grieve our collective losses.
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Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis via Getty How to Survive the Blitz
Five lessons from 1940s Britain about national resilience and social solidarity during a crisis.
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Somnuk Jansinka / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / … How Donald Trump Could Steal the Election
The president can’t simply cancel the fall balloting, but his state-level allies could still deliver him a second term.
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Bettmann / Getty The Epidemic That Preyed on Children
“Do you want to spend the rest of your life in an iron lung?” Children heard these words during polio outbreaks when they begged to play outside.
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Edmon de Haro Even Dead Bodies Pose Risks
Undertakers are scrambling to adapt to the complexities of COVID-19.
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Getty / The Atlantic America Needs Plasma From COVID-19 Survivors Now
People who have recovered from the disease have antibodies that might help those still suffering from it.
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Antonio Masiello / Getty The Curve Is Not Flat Enough
Hospitals are poised to face the kind of life-and-death decisions that industrialized countries typically encounter only in times of war and natural disaster.
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Lauren O'Brien / The Atlantic Even the Most Versatile Actors Can’t Find Work
“We’re just kind of on a wing and a prayer now.”
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Kevin Frayer / Getty Images The Problem With China’s Victory Lap
The Chinese Communist Party is trying to present itself as a global leader in pandemic response. If it declares success too early, it may lead the world back into disaster.
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Michael Kappeler / AP For the First Time, I’m Doubting My Decision to Come to America
The coronavirus is making me experience what Germans poetically call heimweh, the hurt of being far from your native land.
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Alicia Tatone Trump’s Break With China Has Deadly Consequences
After scuttling its partnership with Beijing on public health, the U.S. was unprepared for the pandemic.
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Getty / The Atlantic Ageism Is Making the Pandemic Worse
The disregard for the elderly that’s woven into American culture is hurting everyone.
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Billy H.C. Kwok / Getty Get Used to It: This Lockdown Won’t Be the Last
New restrictions in Hong Kong show that a single round of constraints won’t be enough to beat the pandemic.
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Mike Segar / Tom Brenner / Reuters / … Cuomo and de Blasio: A Tale of Two Leaders
The two Democrats have been a study in contrasts as the Empire State becomes the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak.
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Yusiki / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Watch New Orleans
With the country’s attention turned north, the coronavirus pandemic is exploding in Louisiana.
