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# Steven Phillips

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## Steven Phillips


Phillips M.D.,M.P.H., Vice President Science and Strategy, COVID Collaborative and Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology


## Steven Phillips


* ![Wheelchairs are posed in front of the German Reichstag building in Berlin to protest a lack of progress on Long COVID.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1a436901a68e450/698a4250457a52759cd68272/LongCovid-Reichstag.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 15, 2023  
### [Long COVID Research Needs a New Approach](https://time.com/6335177/long-covid-research-failure/)  
A pair of public health experts argue that the current approach to Long COVID research is failing, a...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![COVID-19 surge](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte51015966ee8045e/698a39df096a9461a56ad72c/GettyImages-1245441753.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 30, 2023  
### [COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Over When Americans Think It Is](https://time.com/6251077/covid-19-pandemic-end/)  
How will we know when the COVID-19 pandemic is over in the U.S.? Steven Phillips on how we have to t...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Tourists holding tickets for a bus tour stand in line](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb09e4d9d53e5915e/698a3453cabb1d3cdde508ad/pandemic-normal-life.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 3, 2022  
### [This Is the Phase of the Pandemic Where Life Returns To Normal](https://time.com/6203058/covid-19-pandemic-return-to-normal-column/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc199d71b16ad63a0/698a30ffe76ad25ec9639fb0/GettyImages-1237475449-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2022  
### [The Key Policy We Need to End the Pandemic Is Being Ignored](https://time.com/6168041/covid-19-test-to-treat/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![A free COVID-19 testing site in Hawthorne.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ea56b9a32524192/698a301a86f68eaffc6f1076/GettyImages-1365460079.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 22, 2022  
### [It's Time to Rethink Your COVID-19 Risk Tolerance](https://time.com/6159152/rethink-covid-19-risk-tolerance/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![Two Years Since First Covid Case In U.S., The Virus Continues Its Spread](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13168ef047f2878c/698a21dfdb2987094d2676ce/GettyImages-1366126387.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 26, 2022  
### [We Urgently Need a New National COVID-19 Response Plan](https://time.com/6142718/we-need-new-national-covid-19-response-plan/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![COVID-19 Testing in New York City](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c8a16d05b6ca24a/698a213bb3fce380ea0c8cf0/GettyImages-1237537157.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 5, 2022  
### [Why 2022 Is the Year We Learn to Live With COVID-19](https://time.com/6133110/2022-the-year-we-live-with-covid-19/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![A BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories, in Tacoma, Wash., on Feb. 3, 2021.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa6eb72332c89e03/698a1cbed075334ccfe6bf0d/covid-rapid-test-binaxnow.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 10, 2021  
### [America Needs an Operation Warp Speed for Rapid COVID Testing](https://time.com/6096528/operation-warp-speed-covid-19-testing/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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