The Economist A special edition on the coronavirus pandemic

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From: The Economist this week - Saturday May 30, 2020 11:13 am
   
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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 coverage of the pandemic. We have two covers this week. In most of our editions, as America records 100,000 deaths from covid-19, we ask how it has coped. Many Americans think their president has handled the epidemic disastrously, that their country has been hit uniquely hard and that there is a simple causal relationship between the two. This is not supported by the numbers. Or, at least, not yet.

In our Asia edition we look at how China’s decision to impose a security law on Hong Kong threatens a broader reckoning with the world—and not just over Hong Kong’s future as a global financial centre, but also over the South China Sea and Taiwan.

Our coverage of the disease digs deep into the data to show how America’s management of the pandemic reflects the country’s strengths, as well as its weaknesses. Accompanying that, our Lexington column looks at the plight of black Americans. Our graphic detail reports on the prevalence of bogus scientific journals. We also praise the wearing of masks, and the sleuths who track down new cases of covid-19 in Germany. And our mortality tracker uses the gap between the total number of people who have 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. This week we released a film on how, three months after China began to relax its lockdown, the economy is running at about 90% of normal levels. Although 90% may sound fine, for many it could be catastrophic.

America passed a sombre milestone this week. I hope you find that our coverage sheds light on what that means and how to slow the disease from now on. 		 
 
  Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief  
     
 
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100,000 and counting
America’s covid-19 experience is tragic but not that exceptional

The epidemic could get worse
Briefing
 
 
 
Lexington
The vulnerability of African-Americans to the coronavirus is a national emergency

It is past time to fix a glaring disparity
United States
 
 
 
Garbage in
How to spot dodgy academic journals

Missing back issues and speedy promised publication times are red flags
Graphic detail
 
 
 
Face masks and the coronavirus
Masks probably slow the spread of covid-19

But wearing one is mainly an act of altruism
Science & technology
 
 
 
The virus detectives
Germany’s contact tracers try to block a second covid-19 wave

A low-tech technique that worked in Asia is working in Europe, too
Europe
 
 
 
Covid-19 data
Tracking deaths from the novel coronavirus

Data on the pandemic’s deadly trajectory
Graphic detail
 
 
 
The covid crisis
Why the economy could fare worse than you think

Three months after lockdown was relaxed in China, its economy is now running at around 90% of normal levels. Although 90% may sound fine, for many it could be catastrophic
Economist Films
 
 
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