There seem to be more questions than answers about how the pandemic will play out, how it will affect our lives—and how long it will last.
In a recent piece for The Atlantic, staff writer Ed Yong explains why the coronavirus is so confusing: “This is how science actually works,” he writes. “It’s less the parade of decisive blockbuster discoveries that the press often portrays, and more a slow, erratic stumble toward ever less uncertainty.”
Yong, author of pieces like “How the Pandemic Will End” and “Our Pandemic Summer,” joined deputy editor Ross Andersen for a live conversation about how viruses and pandemics work, and what might come next.
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