Covid-19
Elements
The Veterinarians Preventing the Next Pandemic
Most new diseases have their origins in animals. So why aren’t we paying more attention to their health?
By Rivka Galchen
Persons of Interest
Malika Andrews Plays Through the Pressure
The ESPN star’s reporting on divisive subjects, including allegations of violence against women, has been as risky as it is refreshing.
By Jennifer Wilson
Culture Desk
What Cartoonists Saw in Isolation: A Portrait of the Pandemic
In the spring of 2020, artists captured silliness, sexiness, despondence, and hope. What does quarantine look like when viewed from the other side?
By Gabe Fowler
The Current Cinema
American Confinement in “We Grown Now” and “Stress Positions”
A crisis turns home into a place of constraint in two new independent features.
By Justin Chang
Annals of Inquiry
What Would It Mean for Scientists to Listen to Patients?
People with post-viral illnesses often feel shut out of the scientific establishment. Two renowned Yale researchers are attempting to bring them in.
By Rachael Bedard
Annals of Inquiry
How Much of the World Is It Possible to Model?
Mathematical models power our civilization—but they have limits.
By Dan Rockmore
Our Columnists
Jerome Powell Is Still Puzzling Over the Strength of the U.S. Economy
Even as the Fed chair and his colleagues have raised interest rates to bring down inflation, spending and hiring have picked up recently, and G.D.P. growth looks strong.
By John Cassidy
The Weekend Essay
The Hidden Harms of CPR
The brutal procedure can save lives, but only in particular cases. Why has it become a default treatment?
By Sunita Puri
Daily Comment
Lab Leaks and COVID-19 Politics
The latest report on the origin of the virus behind the pandemic is still inconclusive, but there are lessons to be learned from it.
By Dhruv Khullar
The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Pandemic at Three: Who Got It Right?
Can we fix the response to COVID-19 in a country that seems broken? Plus, Stephanie Hsu talks with Jia Tolentino about “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Comment
The Dire Aftermath of China’s Untenable “Zero COVID” Policy
Why did the nation, which suppressed the virus for years, fail to prepare for the inevitable?
By Dhruv Khullar
Annals of Activism
The Case for Wearing Masks Forever
A ragtag coalition of public-health activists believe that America’s pandemic restrictions are too lax—and they say they have the science to prove it.
By Emma Green
News Desk
What Chinese People Think of Their Government’s “Zero COVID” Policy
Many citizens don’t know anyone who’s had the disease, yet their faith in the country’s restrictive rules is waning.
By Peter Hessler
Q. & A.
How COVID Policies and Party Politics Set the Stage for the Protests in China
Frustrations with Xi Jinping’s harsh approach to the virus have led to the most widespread public demonstrations in decades.
By Isaac Chotiner
Daily Comment
Chinese Protesters Warily Tell Xi Jinping, “Don’t Push Me”
The nation’s most defiant public demonstrations in years oppose “zero COVID” policies, but their roots run deeper.
By Evan Osnos
The Political Scene
How Republicans Claimed COVID as a Winning Campaign Issue
The backlash against pandemic restrictions has become a more potent talking point than the public-health crisis itself.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Shouts & Murmurs
Yet Another COVID-19 Screening Form
Have you, in the past ten days, experienced cough, sore throat, shortness of smell, loss of throat, intergluteal elm bark, Count Scrofula, or fisherman’s lonely-eye?
By Jay Katsir
Annals of Medicine
How Many Times Will You Get COVID?
When it comes to coronavirus infections, the third time is not the charm. What is?
By Dhruv Khullar
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Trump Demands Recount After Biden Has More Positive COVID Tests Than He Did
A fuming Trump told reporters that “the only way Sleepy Joe could beat me at COVID is if the tests were rigged.”
By Andy Borowitz