Voices from the Pandemic

In this Washington Post series, ordinary citizens and medical experts tell reporter Eli Saslow about the impact of Covid-19 on their health, livelihoods, relationships and more. In two samples from these moving accounts, Kaitlin Denis discusses suffering long-haul Covid, and Stanley Plotkin, 88, a veteran in vaccine research, expresses frustration about misinformation. He explains that science saves lives, but superstition and poor communication can create obstacles that put people at further risk. Reporters know the best way to tell a very big story is to bring it down to individual cases, and Saslow does just that.