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A quadrant of four black and white photos of people experiencing fear or stress. Surrounding the photos are red lines that resemble the beeps on a heart monitor, suggesting a fast heart rate.

How Fear Takes Hold of Our Bodies

April 13, 2020May 1, 2020 - by Eva Holland

Shallow breathing, dizziness, pounding heart: the science behind why we’re so afraid right now

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Record of a Pandemic

April 7, 2020February 12, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

COVID-19 has transformed our world. The Walrus explores these changes and asks what comes next

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An illustration of a woman, sitting at a window inside an apartment. In front of her is a laptop with an open window that says "stay home." Outside the window is a park and a block of buildings, in which people socialize, picnic, play basketball, and talk, not bothering to maintain any physical distancing measures.

Family on the Front Lines of a Pandemic

April 7, 2020June 27, 2020 - by Judy Ziyi Gu

Until my uncle was sent to care for patients in Wuhan, the outbreak didn’t feel real to me. If only we had all paid attention sooner

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A family silhouetted in orange against a dark purple background. A woman stands at the far left of the frame, and a man at the far right. In between them are three young children standing in close proximity.

Divorce Can Make Flattening the Curve Even Harder

April 1, 2020May 1, 2020 - by Elisabeth de Mariaffi

The challenge of social distancing when staying home involves two different places

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Sports under Quarantine

March 30, 2020November 23, 2021 - by Benjamin Hertwig

With the closure of arenas, a sports fan laments the loss of community

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An illustration of a person peeking through their fingers. Their eyeball is the shape of the COVID-19 germ (a small round microbe with protrusions that look like the spokes of a crown).

Health / May 2020

Anatomy of a Pandemic

March 11, 2020April 10, 2022 - by Kevin Patterson

Like major contagions throughout history, the new coronavirus causes fear as well as illness. The remedy for both, it turns out, is the same

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