How Long Will It Take to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine?

Plus: Biden, Sanders, and the bully-in-chief; is the Presidency the wrong job for someone over seventy?; and the sorrows of Warren voters. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk How Long Will It Take to Develop a Coronavirus Vaccine? Researchers face political pressure to develop a vaccine that can fight COVID-19. But the virus is likely to spread for months, if not more than a year, before anything can be widely available to the public. By Carolyn Kormann Comment Biden, Sanders, and Trump, After Super Tuesday Trump should be scared of both candidates—but he has a bully’s instinct for identifying points of tension. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Q. & A. How Old Is Too Old to Work? The geriatrician Louise Aronson discusses why Americans over sixty-five are entering the workforce and whether the Presidency is the wrong job for someone over seventy. By Isaac Chotiner Campaign Chronicles The Rage and Sorrow of the Warren Supporter “The majority of my phone conversations were working to convince women that they shouldn’t vote out of fear for an old white man,” an Elizabeth Warren volunteer said, after the candidate dropped out of the race. By Lizzie Widdicombe Culture and More Podcast Dept. George the Poet’s Undefinably Good Podcast The British spoken-word artist moves between memoir, reportage, fiction, and comedy, rendered almost entirely in rhyming verse. By Rebecca Mead Fiction Podcast Greg Jackson Reads Ann Beattie The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Where You’ll Find Me,” by Ann Beattie, from a 1986 issue of the magazine. New Cold War Dept. A “Swan Lake” Star Drinks Hot Water in Sinatra’s Old Haunt The Russian ballerina Irina Kolesnikova and her husband reflect on Odette, Odile, and the new Cold War. By Elizabeth Barber The Front Row Two Oblivious Depictions of the Working Class The new films “The Way Back” and “Sorry We Missed You” remove the complex humanity from the working-class characters they seek to exalt. By Richard Brody Humor and More Daily Shouts Some Feminist T-Shirts What to wear to smash the patriarchy. By Kate Tellers Puzzles and Games Dept. The Cryptic Crossword: No. 30 By Trip Payne Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.