COVID-19

This special series, Thinking in a Pandemic, collects all our COVID-19 coverage in one place—the latest analysis from doctors and epidemiologists, philosophers and economists, legal scholars and historians, activists and citizens.

A collection of these essays appears in print in Thinking in a Pandemic and The Politics of Care.

Alone Against the Virus

Decades of neoliberal austerity will make it harder to fight the pandemic. We must rebuild our social safety net and forge a New Deal for public health.

  • Amy Kapczynski
  • Gregg Gonsalves

Can We Control Disease?

Science’s victory over bacteria, viruses, and other microbes is far from assured—and we may be part of the problem.

  • Peter Godfrey-Smith
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