The Economist A special edition on the coronavirus pandemic

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From: The Economist this week - Saturday May 09, 2020 11:10 am
The American stockmarket has made a miraculous recovery, but the prognosis for the economy is less rosy
   
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  The Economist this week  
 
  Our coverage of the new coronavirus  
   
 
 
   
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  Welcome to the newsletter highlighting The Economist’s best pandemic coverage. Our cover this week looks at the dangerous gap between America’s stockmarket and the economy. American shares are now higher than they were in August, suggesting that the economy can get back to business as usual. Yet there are countless threats to such a prospect, starting with how far the rosy view on Wall Street is from real life on Main Street.

Our coverage of the disease this week includes a look at how patients with covid-19 can present with a baffling array of symptoms, from chilblains to diarrhoea. We examine how the enterprise of science itself has responded to the pandemic—amazingly, the number of research papers on the disease has doubled every 14 days. We report on the remarkable success in stopping covid on the cheap in Vietnam and the Indian state of Kerala, two new drugs, and the plight of the elderly in Europe’s care homes. And our data journalists measure the ratings boost that the disease has given to world leaders.

 We also have a mortality tracker, which uses the gap between the total number of people who died from any cause and the historical average for the time of year to estimate how many deaths from covid-19 the official statistics are failing to pick up.

We have been focusing on the pandemic in Economist radio and Economist films, too. In our latest covid-19 Q&A, we answer your questions about the world’s response to the pandemic—from when schools should reopen to whether Sweden has handled it correctly.

As some glimmers of hope for an end to lockdowns appear on the horizon, I hope you enjoy our coverage. 		 
 
  Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief  
     
Must-reads from our recent coverage
 
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Virology
Covid-19 has many faces

Why does the virus have such varied manifestations?
Science and technology
 
 
 
Covid-19 and peer review
Scientific research on the coronavirus is being released in a torrent

Will that change how science is published?
Science and technology
 
 
 
Bargain abatement
Vietnam and the Indian state of Kerala curbed covid-19 on the cheap

Their secret is quick and efficient public-health systems
Asia
 
 
 
Treating covid-19
Two potential therapies for covid-19 have some effect

Hope rears its head, but more information is needed
Science and technology
 
 
 
Uncounted, unseen
Many covid deaths in care homes are unrecorded

Governments are waking up to a hidden calamity
Europe
 
 
 
Rallying round the flag
Covid-19 has given most world leaders a temporary rise in popularity

Politicians who took the disease seriously have generally seen a boost in approval ratings
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Films
Covid-19: what the world has learned during lockdown

Lockdowns appear to have slowed the spread of covid-19. But what has the world learned about the virus during this time? Ed Carr, The Economist’s deputy editor, and Callum Williams, our senior economics correspondent, answer your questions.
Economist Films
 
 
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