Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Claudio Furlan / LaPresse / AP The Extraordinary Decisions Facing Italian Doctors
There are now simply too many patients for each one of them to receive adequate care.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic The Coronavirus Customer-Service Crisis
When the public panics, service workers are the first to deal with it.
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Anton Starikov / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / … The Hand-Sanitizer Hawkers Aren’t Sorry
On Craigslist, you can find Purell for 10 times its normal price.
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U.S. Navy What Will You Do If You Start Coughing?
“Stay home” is not a sufficient plan.
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Sean Gallup / Getty The Shortages May Be Worse Than the Disease
Over the centuries, societies have shown a long history of making the effects of epidemics worse and furthering their own destruction.
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Dan Kitwood / Getty Images The Coronavirus Brings Political Perspective
It is making recent political crises—particularly those in Britain—look small by comparison.
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Remko De Waal / ANP / AFP / … When Keeping Your Distance Is the Best Way to Show You Care
The norms of politeness and affection get inverted during an epidemic.
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DigitalVision / Getty / MBLifestyle / Shutterstock / … A Very Unwelcome Wedding Guest
Wedding planning is now even more stressful thanks to the coronavirus.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters Give People Money Immediately
The mayhem wrought by the coronavirus is unique and complex. But there is at least one simple and necessary economic response: stimulus.
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Alessandro Grassani / The New York Times / … Italy Shut Down. Which Country Will Be Next?
Europe and the West are in denial about the compromises that will need to be made.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters Incompetence Exacerbated by Malevolence
The coronavirus has dangerously inverted a long-standing White House theme.
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Spencer Platt / Getty Cancel Everything
Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus. We must start immediately.
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Martin Bergsma / shutterstock / Getty / The … The Dangerous Delays in U.S. Coronavirus Testing Haven’t Stopped
Without adequate testing, people with coronavirus symptoms are left to agonize over the right course of action on their own.
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Bandar Aldandani / AFP / Getty When Everyone Stays Home: Empty Public Spaces During Coronavirus
Classrooms, plazas, malls, sports venues, houses of worship, and tourist destinations appear eerily empty as people stay home and await further news.
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Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty The Stock Market Is Tanking. Do Nothing.
Timing the market is a game for professionals, not amateurs. And most professionals are terrible at it too.
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Essam al-Sudani / Reuters Iran Has Far More Coronavirus Cases Than It Is Letting On
The surprising number of Iranian government officials succumbing to COVID-19 offers a hint that the disease is far more widespread than the official statistics indicate.
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Manuel Silvestri / Reuters Italy’s Coronavirus Response Is a Warning From the Future
The country placed severe travel restrictions on a swath of its north. Other democracies are watching closely.
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Nerthuz / Getty / The Atlantic What Could Happen if the Coronavirus Closed Schools for Days, Weeks, or Even Months
We can get a sense of what to expect from Hong Kong, where students have already been out of school for more than a month.
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Jason Redmond / Reuters The U.S. Isn’t Ready for What’s About to Happen
Even with a robust government response to the novel coronavirus, many people will be in peril. And the United States is anything but prepared.
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Getty / The Atlantic Exclusive: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing
“I don’t know what went wrong,” a former CDC chief told The Atlantic.
