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Record of a Pandemic

April 7, 2020April 9, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

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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.

COVID19 / First Person / Society

Family on the Front Lines of a Pandemic

April 7, 2020April 8, 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 blue plastic sports arena chair, empty but for a few pieces of popcorn. Several pieces of popcorn are on the ground. The background is light blue.

Sports under Quarantine

March 30, 2020April 1, 2020 - 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 9, 2020 - 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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A teal backpack viewed on someone's back with all kinds of poison and radiation badges on it.

November 2018 / Society

How to Prepare for Doomsday

November 6, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Glynis Ratclife

Go bags are a measure of our readiness for the unknown—and a reminder of our reluctance to face it

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broken bottle of milk

May 2013 / Society

The Lost Plague

April 30, 2013March 27, 2020 - by John Douglas Belshaw

Why we have forgotten one of Canada’s most devastating smallpox epidemics

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Illustration by Tamara Shopsin; photograph by Jason Fulford

Feature / February 2006

Waiting for the Pandemic

February 12, 2006March 25, 2020 - by Gwynne Dyer

Health officials around the world struggle to contain the avian flu virus

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Painting by Kerry James Marshall

Feature / February 2005

Is Africa’s Pain Black America’s Burden?

February 12, 2005March 14, 2020 - by Lawrence Hill

An essay

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