Vector in Chief (NY Review of Books)
On July 4, 1775, just his second day serving as commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces, George Washington issued strict orders to...
Former Labradoodle breeder was tapped to lead U.S. pandemic task force (Reuters)
On January 21, the day the first U.S. case of coronavirus was reported, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human...
David Wallace-Wells: We are probably only one-tenth of the way through this pandemic (New...
We are, finally, beginning to see some real plans from people with the power to enact them.
On...
Can survivors of the coronavirus help rescue the economy? (The New Yorker)
There is an ever-expanding group of people who have been infected by the coronavirus but are no longer symptomatic, if they ever were—the convalescents....
Don’t fall for the false trade-offs of COVID-19 policy (Chicago Booth Review)
Policy makers don’t have to choose between public health and economic well-being.
The American economy—like those of...
The coronavirus likely came from China’s wet markets. They’re reopening anyway (Vox)
Should wet markets be banned? It’s more complicated than it seems.
The consensus among scientists who specialize in...
What’s it going to take to end the shutdown? 5 keys to containing coronavirus...
First things first: It's not yet time to end social distancing and go back to work and church and concerts and handshakes.
“My patient begins to crash…” A California nurse on the hardest shift in his...
A nurse explains just how much it takes to keep Covid-19 patients alive in the sixth installment of The ER Diaries.
Our Pandemic Summer (The Atlantic)
The fight against the coronavirus won’t be over when the U.S. reopens. Here’s how the nation must prepare itself.
‘It will disappear.’ The disinformation Trump spread: Timeline (The Guardian)
The president was personally warned about the growing crisis beginning in mid-January – but continued to give false assurances to the...