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For Subscribers: Our Health and Science Writers Reflect on This Pandemic Year

Our science and health writers consider key moments from the past 10 months. This is <em>The Atlantic</em>’s weekly email to subscribers.

This is The Atlantic’s weekly email to subscribers—a close look at the issues our newsroom is watching, just for you.

The timeline of how COVID-19 took hold in America can feel disorienting. From March, when the coronavirus began to spread across certain communities in the United States, to December, now the worst moment in the pandemic since the spring, our understanding of the behavior of the virus, its long-term health effects, and how to curb its spread have evolved and advanced tremendously.

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