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Thinking in a Pandemic

We’ve brought together all our COVID-19 coverage in one place. Here you’ll find the latest arguments from doctors and epidemiologists, philosophers and economists, legal scholars and historians, activists and citizens, as they think not just through this moment but beyond it.

Until COVID-19, tuberculosis killed more people each year than any other infectious disease. Its rising toll is increasingly fueled by mass incarceration.

Katharine S. Walter

To meet the challenge of enduring spread in the years to come, we must prioritize primary care and community health over the profit-driven status quo.

Adam Gaffney

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The United States wasn’t prepared for COVID-19, despite decades of warnings. What must we do to plan more effectively?

Sheila Jasanoff

Physicians have been fighting for health justice for decades. To succeed, we need practical models for collectively remaking our systems of care.

Wendy Johnson

Our mastery over microbes is only a few decades old. It is also far more precarious than we imagine.

Kyle Harper

Concerns about long-term side effects have helped fuel vaccine hesitancy. An immunologist explains why we can be confident in vaccine safety.

Andrew L. Croxford

If we want to address vaccine hesitancy in the health care system, we must treat its lowest paid workers better.

Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako

Its authority derives not from unbiased scientists but from the institutions and norms that structure their work. Fighting mistrust requires more public engagement with policy, not unqualified deference to experts.

Gregory E. Kaebnick

Defying conventional political labels and capitalizing on widespread distrust, a range of new movements share the conviction that all power is conspiracy.

William Callison, Quinn Slobodian

Amid widespread indifference toward the most vulnerable, even small acts of kindness can make a difference.

Michael McColly

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