The COVID-19 crisis may be changing the culture of the United States as it in effect changes the ways populations around the world work, go to school, seek entertainment, understand their moral obligations to others, and interact with every institution in society. Our main concern in the development of this site is the impact of the pandemic and reactions to it on the moral culture of America, which has been contested throughout American history.

The COVID-19 crisis may be changing the culture of the United States as it in effect changes the ways populations around the world work, go to school, seek entertainment, understand their moral obligations to others, and interact with every institution in society. Our main concern in the development of this site is the impact of the pandemic and reactions to it on the moral culture of America, which has been contested throughout American history.

Will the pandemic experience change American values in terms of individual vs. collective responsibility for the well being of themselves and others and how might these changes, if they occur, be manifested? We will use this site to post items we think contribute to our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the way we live now and the values we hold.

Important Links

• The unrelenting horizonlessness of the Covid world (CNN)
• KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: The Politics of Science (KHN)
• Public trust in CDC, Fauci, and other top health officials is evaporating, poll finds (STAT)
• It’s the worst disaster of the pandemic. But WHO chief says our lack of concern shows ‘moral bankruptcy’ (CNN)
• US divorce rates skyrocket amid COVID-19 pandemic (New York Post)
• Editorial: America’s instant-gratification mantra fails everyone in a pandemic (St Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Public Health Officials Are Our COVID Commanders. Treat Them With Respect. (KHN)
• How To Mitigate Loneliness And Its Consequences (wbur)
• 5 lasting changes from the COVID-19 pandemic (ABC News)
• What We’ve Stolen From Our Kids (The Atlantic)
• ‘It’s About Love and Solidarity’: Mutual Aid Unites NYC Neighbors Facing COVID (KHN)
• Trump’s frantic new effort to win back seniors is already failing (The Washington Post)
• Life Beyond COVID Seclusion: Seniors See Challenges And Change Ahead (KHN)
• Fauci warns of ‘anti-science bias’ being a problem in US (CNN)
• What the Pandemic Reveals About the Male Ego (The New York Times)
• A reckoning for health care professionals: Should they be activists, too? (STAT)
• For Older People, Despair, as Well as Covid-19, Is Costing Lives (The New York Times)
• Montana’s Tribal Nations Preserve COVID Restrictions To Preserve Their Cultures (KHN)
• The American story, splintered, and those vying to tell it (AP News)
• The Battle Between The Masked And The Masked-Nots Unveils Political Rifts (npr)
• Distress in seniors surges amid coronavirus pandemic (CNN)
• How COVID-19 reshapes our views of life, and of loss (PBS)

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