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Staff inspect medical equipment at an emergency hospital set up amid the coronavirus outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, on, March 23. (Hafidz Mubarak A/Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin W. Wildes
The United States has a “can do” culture, writes Kevin W. Wildes, S.J., but the pandemic is forcing us to accept that we need clear ethical guidelines about how to allocate scarce medical resources.
Union Station's nearly deserted Main Hall in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 16. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Michael Rozier, S.J.
We cannot allow the coronavirus to make us see others as a threat.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The coronavirus has become Italy's most major crisis since World War II.
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
America Staff
The latest news and analysis on the spread of and response to coronavirus.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Ryan Burge
Catholics and other Americans are losing confidence in the medical community, writes political scientist Ryan Burge, who examines new survey data. That could complicate efforts to fight Covid-19.
People wearing masks for protection from the coronavirus tour the Vatican Museums at the Vatican Feb. 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The normal services of the health and hygiene sector of the Vatican city-state were “temporarily suspended” following yesterday’s positive test for Covid-19 on one patient in order “to sanitize the areas.”