The Aftermath (of the Pandemic)

Andrea Sacchi, A Carthusian Saint Visiting the Plague Stricken, 1599–1661. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Open Access (CC0).

As this essay goes to press, the pandemic has unexpectedly returned to the headlines. Dr. Anthony Fauci recently appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where he invoked his Fifth Amendment right rather than answer questions from investigators examining his actions and the government’s pandemic response. Continue Reading →