The WHO Shouldn’t Be a Plaything for Great Powers
Trump’s defunding ploy will only make the organization’s problems worse.
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Bloomberg / Getty / The Atlantic Why It’s Important Not to Drink Bleach
Doctors and nurses are risking their lives and dying. People are out of work and struggling to make rent. The president of the United States is suggesting injecting disinfectant.
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Listen: Are the Celebrities Okay?
A culture in quarantine
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Taehoon Kim / Getty The Scariest Pandemic Timeline
If the flu and coronavirus hit at the same time this fall, America might have a longer, more severe lockdown.
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Listen: Why Do Some People Get Sicker?
James Hamblin explains why COVID-19 is so unpredictable.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Pandemic Advertising Got Weird Fast
Welcome to disastertising.
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Johannes Eisele / Getty Humans Are Too Optimistic to Comprehend the Coronavirus
Why Americans didn’t see this pandemic coming
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Spencer Platt/Getty The Real Reason to Wear a Mask
Much of the confusion around masks stems from the conflation of two very different uses.
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Listen: ‘You Think of Things You Shouldn’t’
Perspective can change a lot in a month.
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Listen: Immunity Passports
We could be headed toward a world with two classes: those immune to the virus, and those still at risk.
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Gregg Vigliotti / The New York Times The Social-Distance Vigilantes in a Massachusetts Senior Home
Residents are asking their neighbors to tell on one another.
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Jeremy Leung Why Some People Get Sicker Than Others
COVID-19 is proving to be a disease of the immune system. This could, in theory, be controlled.
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Listen: Should You Text Your Ex?
A guide to dating realities during the pandemic
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Don’t Spit! Pandemic Posters Through the Years
Before technology allowed us to alarm ourselves with up-to-the-minute information, public-health messages were communicated using a fundamental graphic medium: the poster.
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Listen: What Will the Summer Be Like?
The pandemic will still be far from over, but some aspects of normal life may begin to return.
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Social Distance: Are These Tweets Real?
McKay Coppins discusses pandemic-era propaganda on the podcast with Katherine Wells and James Hamblin.
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Social Distance: Watching the Pandemic Hit From Abroad
An Irish immigrant shares her perspective on America’s response to COVID-19.
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Alicia Tatone How the Coronavirus Could Create a New Working Class
Experts predict the outbreak will lead to a rise in populism. But will workers turn their rage toward corporate CEOs, or middle-class “elites”?
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Kate Munsch / Reuters Social Distance: Where the Curve Has Flattened
Staff writer Russell Berman joins the podcast to describe how San Francisco has fared better than other cities in its pandemic response.
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Chelsea Beck Don’t Get Your Pet Groomed, Groomers Say
Workers who clip dogs’ nails and trim their fur say they still have to show up to their jobs, and they’re terrified for their health.
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Courtesy of Shelly Hughes / Melanie Arciaga / ... ‘The Reality Is, It’s Incredibly Hard’
Preexisting staffing shortages and dismal pay are colliding with a crisis that’s testing the limits of the nurses and health aides caring for the sick and elderly.
