Gregg Gonsalves

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Gregg Gonsalves is The Nation’s public health correspondent and codirector of the Global Health Justice Partnership and an associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. A cofounder of the Treatment Action Group, he was the winner of a 2018 MacArthur fellowship.

SocietyOctober 8, 2020

Focused Protection, Herd Immunity, and Other Deadly Delusions

Abandoning solidarity for the siren song of age-targeted reopening is a political error and a medical mistake.

Gregg Gonsalves
SocietySeptember 24, 2020

The Virus That Stole Christmas

There are ways to minimize risk for the holidays, but they will take some planning.

Gregg Gonsalves
SocietySeptember 3, 2020

You Think Things Couldn’t Get Any Worse With the Pandemic?

Think again. The past two weeks have been nothing short of a clusterfuck in Washington.

Gregg Gonsalves
SocietyAugust 20, 2020

So Far, 2020 Has Been Our Year of Magical Thinking

No one is immune to the wish to return to normal life. But if we don’t learn to manage and resist it, 2021 could be the year of living—and dying—dangerously.

Gregg Gonsalves
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July 30, 2020

Trump’s October Surprise: A Vaccine for Covid-19?

What do we have to lose by rushing a vaccine into production? A longer pandemic, a colossal waste of money—and the risk of undermining public confidence in all vaccines.

Gregg Gonsalves
PoliticsJuly 16, 2020

The New Lysenkoism in Washington

At a time when we desperately need scientific leadership, what we’ve got is a rogues’ gallery of frauds and flatterers who see the pandemic as a career move.

Gregg Gonsalves
RepublicansJuly 9, 2020

Protest and Survive!

We can’t wait until January 2021 to shift course. Our lives depend on disruption now.

Gregg Gonsalves for The Nation
SocietyJuly 2, 2020

‘We Are Not Even Beginning to Be Over This Pandemic’

CDC Deputy Director Anne Schuchat did something really radical. She told the truth about Covid-19 in the US.

Gregg Gonsalves
Housing and HomelessnessJune 18, 2020

When Police and Public Health Collide in the Age of Covid-19

Why is the capital of one of the most progressive states in the country so backward when it comes to public health?

Gregg Gonsalves
Social JusticeJune 4, 2020

The Pandemic Is a Threat. The President Is Worse.

Going to demonstrations isn’t risk-free, but we have a duty to resist.

Gregg Gonsalves

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Gregg Gonsalves

SocietyOctober 8, 2020

Abandoning solidarity for the siren song of age-targeted reopening is a political error and a medical mistake.

SocietySeptember 24, 2020

There are ways to minimize risk for the holidays, but they will take some planning.

SocietySeptember 3, 2020

Think again. The past two weeks have been nothing short of a clusterfuck in Washington.

SocietyAugust 20, 2020

No one is immune to the wish to return to normal life. But if we don’t learn to manage and resist it, 2021 could be the year of living—and dying—dangerously.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

July 30, 2020

What do we have to lose by rushing a vaccine into production? A longer pandemic, a colossal waste of money—and the risk of undermining public confidence in all vaccines.

PoliticsJuly 16, 2020

At a time when we desperately need scientific leadership, what we’ve got is a rogues’ gallery of frauds and flatterers who see the pandemic as a career move.

RepublicansJuly 9, 2020

We can’t wait until January 2021 to shift course. Our lives depend on disruption now.

SocietyJuly 2, 2020

CDC Deputy Director Anne Schuchat did something really radical. She told the truth about Covid-19 in the US.

Housing and HomelessnessJune 18, 2020

Why is the capital of one of the most progressive states in the country so backward when it comes to public health?

Social JusticeJune 4, 2020

Going to demonstrations isn’t risk-free, but we have a duty to resist.