
It’s Time to Hunker Down
A devastating surge is here. Unless Americans act aggressively, it will get much larger, very quickly.
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A devastating surge is here. Unless Americans act aggressively, it will get much larger, very quickly.

The lead principal investigator of the Pfizer vaccine trial explains the news that it’s 90 percent effective.

More people than ever are hospitalized with COVID-19. Health-care workers can’t go on like this.

COVID-19 hospitalizations are now at an all-time high.

The Trump administration spurred development of a vaccine; the Biden administration has to persuade Americans to take it.

The president convinced many voters that his response to the pandemic was not a disaster. The psychology of medical fraud is simple, timeless, and tragic.

The country recorded more than 100,000 coronavirus cases on Wednesday—the highest single-day total since the pandemic began.

As the coronavirus spreads uncontrolled across the U.S., the president has gone from downplaying the pandemic to COVID denial.

The longer we can prevent infections, the better prepared we will be to treat them.

More than 80 percent of Republicans think the president is doing a great job with the pandemic. Here’s why.