Staying Human

Advancing science and medicine for, not on, human beings

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Special Series

The Coronavirus Pandemic

The Case for a Pandemic Moonshot
Danger: Caution Ahead
Is This Still an Emergency?
Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy
‘Life is too short to be miserable’
What Is the CDC?
Dance Till We Die
The Cop-Out of “Follow the Science”
The Danger of Fact-ist Politics
A Victory for Scientific Pragmatism
Visiting Grandparents Is Essential
The New Strain: How Bad Is It?
Little Data, Big Headlines
Disarming Frontline Doctors
How We Reason About Covid Tradeoffs
Science as Scorekeeping
Covid Denialists and the Fight over Liberalism
Radiation Politics in a Pandemic
Abortion and the Coronavirus Vaccine
Tribalism Comes for Pandemic Science
Squandering America’s Strength
Not as Deadly as We Thought?
Just a New York Problem?
Not Like the Flu, Not Like Car Crashes, Not Like…
Prudence in a Storm
The Impossible Ethics of Pandemic Triage
I’m Young and Healthy. If I Get Coronavirus, Will I Be Fine?
Save Lives, Ready Shovels
America’s Pandemic Data Gap
What’s the Plan?
Battlefield Promotions
“A Coronavirus Winter”: Michael T. Osterholm on the Road Ahead