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Science writer at The Atlantic. Many words; some awards. Author of I Contain Multitudes (2016). Married to Liz Neeley. Parent to Typo http://edyong.me  (he/him)

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    Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

    🚨🚨Here’s the big piece I’ve been promising: an Atlantic cover story about the US’s catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic. It’s a full autopsy of what went wrong, every unattended weakness & unheeded warning, every festering wound & reopened scar. 1/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ …

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      2. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        I know these times are hard, that we’ve frayed and maxed out on bad news. If you’re wondering if you can cope with a big piece on this topic, I don’t know. But fwiw, I don’t write these to stoke fear or drain hope. I hope to clarify and embolden. 2/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ …

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      3. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        Across these months, I’ve been repeatedly struck by how foreseeable everything seemed—how every vulnerability that the pandemic tore open was predictable & preventable. We had built a world “ever more prone to a pandemic but ever less ready for one.” 3/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ …

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      4. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        This is about Trump, obviously, but also America’s legacy of racism, neglect of public health, devaluation of expertise, & devotion to individualism. “COVID‐19 is an assault on America’s body, and a referendum on the ideas that animate its culture.” 4/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ …

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      5. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        This story, then, is about prisons & hospitals, social media & supply chains. It's about virology, psychology, sociology, architecture. It's about how we built a world "ever more prone to a pandemic but ever less ready for one.” 5/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ …

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      6. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        We long to return to normal, but **normal led to this**. To avert the future pandemics we know are coming, we MUST grapple with all the ways normal failed us. We have to build something better. I hope this piece, in showing what went wrong, helps. 6/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ …

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      7. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        This is the culmination of months of reporting, those other big pieces, & 100+ interviews. I hope even people who’ve followed the pandemic closely will find fresh perspectives here, and a sense of coherence. I hope it provides clarity and purpose. 7/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ …

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      8. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        This is one of 2 cover stories for this month’s issue & Ibram X. Kendi's piece on America’s racial reckoning will be out Wed. For now, check out this stunning cover. HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? Well, here’s how: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/ … 8/pic.twitter.com/Mmi7AUuhay

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      9. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        (For those who pointed out that the piece was behind the paywall, that was a technical glitch that has now been rectified; it's now free for everyone to read.)

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      10. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 3 Aug 2020

        Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who's reading & sharing the cover story. I know these are trying times but if this work has been valuable to you, and if you have the means, subscriptions (or gift subscriptions) help us do our best possible journalism.https://accounts.theatlantic.com/products/ 

        63 replies 181 retweets 1,217 likes
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      11. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 4 Aug 2020

        Some thanks are in order. - @andersen edited; Don Peck top-edited; @JaniceWolly copy-edited - Michelle Ciarrocca fact-checked - Luise Strauss, @arshraziuddin and Christine Walsh handled art/photos - @jeffreygoldberg told me to do the cover - 100+ experts spoke to me!

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      12. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 4 Aug 2020

        And finally, huge thanks to the semi-colon; it's the real hero here.

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      13. Ed Yong‏Verified account @edyong209 7 Aug 2020

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        Just stapling these two threads together:https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1291805970159542273 …

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        Ed YongVerified account @edyong209
        I’m really grateful to everyone who read the big new cover story this week. If you’ve liked my work, perhaps you’ll also like the work that I like. Here are some great pandemic-related pieces from the last month, from writers whose work I respect.
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