Coronavirus: COVID-19
The Atlantic’s coverage of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19
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Leo Correa / Redux The Pandemic After the Pandemic
Long COVID isn’t going away, and we still do not have a way to fully prevent it, cure it, or really to quantify it.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Coronavirus’s Next Move
Here are four shapes that the next variant might take—which will also dictate the shape of our response.
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Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times … How Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?
The U.S. is nearing 1 million recorded COVID-19 deaths without the social reckoning that such a tragedy should provoke. Why?
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Christopher Furlong / Getty The Biden Administration Killed America’s Collective Pandemic Approach
Protections meant to shield everyone can’t be a matter of personal preference.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic Next Winter, What If We Test for Even More Viruses?
Cough? Test. Stuffiness? Test. Scratchy throat? Test.
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The Atlantic We Might Not Need Annual COVID Shots
The vaccines will need an update at some point. But not every variant of concern will warrant one.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic We’re Entering the Control Phase of the Pandemic
The virus isn’t done with us. So we need a new approach to dealing with it.
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John Stanmeyer / VII / Redux The Millions of People Stuck in Pandemic Limbo
What does society owe immunocompromised people?
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Bing Guan / Bloomberg / Getty How to Reclaim Normal Life Without Being ‘Done’
This next phase of the pandemic doesn’t have to be about what we can’t do.
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Getty; The Atlantic Joe Rogan’s Show May Be Dumb. But Is It Actually Deadly?
Nothing seems to move the needle on Americans’ vaccine convictions, no matter how beneficial or harmful.
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The Atlantic The Paradox of Sour Food
“It’s a weird sense to need.”
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Santiago Mejia / The San Francisco Chronicle / … What Actually Changed for Little Kids’ Vaccines?
Authorizing two shots for little kids right now could be a double gamble.
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The Atlantic Hospitals Can’t Accept This as ‘Normal’
COVID has pushed one Chicago institution into crisis again and again. The Omicron surge is receding. Now what?
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The Atlantic Should We Go All In on Omicron Vaccines?
A shot designed for Omicron can teach the immune system about Omicron. But it might not prepare us for whatever comes next.
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Getty; The Atlantic Endemicity Is Meaningless
The coronavirus will be with us forever. But we still have no idea what happens next.
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The Atlantic Omicron Is Driving Delta Into the Ground
But the older variant isn’t quite dead yet.
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David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty How Sesame Street Is Handling the Pandemic
Kids’ media have achieved a level of clarity and directness in their pandemic coverage that can be hard to find in outlets geared toward older audiences.
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Scott Olson / Getty Why a Three-Dose Vaccine for Young Kids Might Actually Work Out
We still don’t know when exactly the shots are coming, but there’s reason to hope that vaccine makers’ current plans are on the right track.
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Getty; The Atlantic Will Omicron Leave Most of Us Immune?
The variant is spreading widely, but won’t necessarily give us strong protection from new infections.
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robbie jack / Corbis / Getty COVID Parenting Has Passed the Point of Absurdity
This was always unsustainable. Now it’s simply impossible.
