Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Allison Shelley / Getty Abortion Foes Use the Pandemic as an Excuse
Officials hope to achieve their goal of effectively banning the procedure.
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Layerace / The Atlantic All the Coronavirus Statistics Are Flawed
Are we winning the war against COVID-19? In the fog of pandemic, we simply don’t know.
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Maria Litwa / Laif / Redux The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal
The coronavirus outbreak may last for a year or two, but some elements of pre-pandemic life will likely be won back in the meantime.
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Joe Raedle / Getty The Vote Must Go On
Don’t let the coronavirus undermine America’s election.
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Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress / … When Middle-Class Values Determine What’s Essential
Poor people suffer when the definition of a “life sustaining” service ignores their needs.
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Steve Pfost / Newsday RM / Getty The Government Is Failing by Doing Too Little, and Too Much
Underinvestment in America’s public health infrastructure and governmental red tape have hindered the country’s response to the coronavirus.
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Kyle Grillot / Bloomberg / Getty It's Not Just the Presidential Race Adjusting to the Coronavirus
COVID-19 has overshadowed nearly every facet of American life, including the 2020 elections.
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Amy Sussman / Getty How Panic-Buying Revealed the Problem With the Modern World
The pandemic has shown how just-in-time systems are also fragile.
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Social Distance: What Happens Next?
A dispatch from the near future
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty The President Is Trapped
Trump is utterly unsuited to deal with this crisis, either intellectually or temperamentally.
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Rose Wong All the Cozy Little Things Keep Me Going
The sound of rain, the feel of a pencil, the routine of making the bed—the power of these things to make me feel better, even in a pandemic, shouldn’t be underestimated.
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Joan Wong How the Pandemic Will End
The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.
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Ashley Gilbertson / VII / Redux Why America Is Uniquely Unsuited to Dealing With the Coronavirus
For decades other countries were shaped by the traumas of disease outbreaks while the United States remained largely untouched. No longer.
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Max Mumby / Getty / The Atlantic A Royal Reality Check
The heir to the British throne getting the coronavirus will make this outbreak seem real to many people.
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Cpl. William Hester / DVIDS / Katie Martin … A Marine General’s Next Battle: Grocery-Store Logistics
Larry Nicholson once led 20,000 troops in Afghanistan; now he’s making sure you don’t run out of food during the coronavirus crisis.
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Leah Millis / Reuters The United States Is Being Taught by Facts and Events
The pandemic is reminding Americans of the importance of government.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Isolation Is Changing How You Look
If you’re stuck at home and feeling out of sorts, it might be time to experiment with a box of hair dye.
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Sergio Sergo / Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Coronavirus Killed the Revolution
Sanders, Warren, and others wanted to remake American politics, but the pandemic radically scaled back what’s possible.
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Paul Campbell / Getty / The Atlantic America’s Hospitals Have Never Experienced Anything Like This
If they run out of space, where will all the sick people go?
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Tony Dejak / AP The Coronavirus Is Killing Local News
Keeping these news sources afloat needs to be part of the governmental and philanthropic response to the pandemic.
