Some links to useful articles about the coronavirus

For those of you who might want more in-depth information and reporting about the coronavirus pandemic, these links to articles in The Atlantic will prove useful. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/category/what-you-need-know-coronavirus/

I've included the list of articles to give you an idea of what they are about. I've read a few of them already and they are well-written and informative. 

The Atlantic’s guide to understanding COVID-19

• The Coronavirus Is Never Going Away

  No matter what happens now, the virus will continue to circulate around the world.

  • SARAH ZHANG
   
  • 7:00 AM ET

• How the Pandemic Defeated America

  A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.

  • ED YONG
   
  • SEPTEMBER 2020 ISSUE

• A Vaccine Reality Check

  So much hope is riding on a breakthrough, but a vaccine is only the beginning of the end.

  • SARAH ZHANG
   
  • JULY 24, 2020

• A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming

  There was always a logical explanation for why cases rose through the end of June while deaths did not.

  • ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL
   
  • JULY 15, 2020

• America Should Prepare for a Double Pandemic

  COVID-19 has steamrolled the country. What happens if another pandemic starts before this one is over?

  • ED YONG
   
  • JULY 15, 2020

• All the President’s Lies About the Coronavirus

  An unfinished compendium of Trump’s overwhelming dishonesty during a national emergency

  • CHRISTIAN PAZ
   
  • JULY 13, 2020

• A New Understanding of Herd Immunity

  The portion of the population that needs to get sick is not fixed. We can change it.

  • JAMES HAMBLIN
   
  • JULY 13, 2020

• A Dire Warning From COVID-19 Test Providers

  U.S. coronavirus testing could fail again, as surging demand creates new backlogs and delays.

  • ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL AND ROBINSON MEYER
   
  • JUNE 30, 2020

• A State-by-State Coronavirus Tracker

  The latest number of confirmed cases everywhere in the U.S.

  • JUNE 25, 2020

• A Devastating New Stage of the Pandemic

  The U.S. has seen more cases in the past week than in any week since the pandemic began.

  • ROBINSON MEYER AND ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL
   
  • JUNE 25, 2020

• Paging Dr. Hamblin: My Brother Is Having 150 People at His Wedding Next Week

  No one should be expected to attend an in-person gathering right now.

  • JAMES HAMBLIN
   
  • JUNE 17, 2020

• America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic

  Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us.

  • ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL AND ROBINSON MEYER
   
  • JUNE 7, 2020

• COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months

  The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends.

  • ED YONG
   
  • JUNE 4, 2020

• Paging Dr. Hamblin: Does Vitamin D Help Fight COVID-19?

  Evidence is slowly mounting. Some researchers think that’s enough to recommend it.

  • JAMES HAMBLIN
   
  • JUNE 3, 2020

• A Hidden COVID-19 Risk Factor: Your Boss

  America’s flawed approach to sick leave is making the pandemic worse.

  • OLGA KHAZAN
   
  • JUNE 1, 2020

• So, What Can We Do Now?

  A guide to staying safe this summer

  • AMANDA MULL
   
  • MAY 27, 2020

• We Don’t Even Have a COVID-19 Vaccine, and Yet the Conspiracies Are Here

  Even as vaccines for the disease are being held up as the last hope for a return to normalcy, misinformation about them is spreading.

  • SARAH ZHANG
   
  • MAY 24, 2020

• Is Everyone Depressed?

  Suddenly, many people meet the criteria for clinical depression. Doctors are scrambling to determine who needs urgent intervention, and who is simply the new normal.

  • JAMES HAMBLIN
   
  • MAY 22, 2020

• Social Distancing Is Not Enough

  We will need a comprehensive strategy to reduce the sort of interactions that can lead to more infections.

  • DEREK THOMPSON
   
  • MAY 22, 2020

• ‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’

  The government’s disease-fighting agency is conflating viral and antibody tests, compromising a few crucial metrics that governors depend on to reopen their economies. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same.

  • ALEXIS C. MADRIGAL AND ROBINSON MEYER
   
  • MAY 21, 2020

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