The Coming Coronavirus Critical-Care Emergency

Plus: Joe Biden keeps winning, how to practice social distancing, and Tom Brady. View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk The Coming Coronavirus Critical-Care Emergency The possibility that the pandemic might push American hospitals past their limits is the preoccupation of everyone working in medicine in the United States. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Campaign Chronicles Joe Biden Keeps Winning in Abnormal Times The former Vice-President asks voters not to look ahead but to look back, to the Obama Administration and its relative stability. Wouldn’t a restoration be nice? By Eric Lach Daily Comment The Coronavirus and the Gutting of America’s Public-Health System When public-health programs are successful, they are invisible, and what is invisible is almost always taken for granted. By Michael Specter Q. & A. How to Practice Social Distancing What to do when you go outside, the importance of walks, how to respond if someone you are sheltering with gets sick, and the unsung heroes at American medical facilities. By Isaac Chotiner Daily Comment China’s Millennials After the Coronavirus There is perhaps no greater opportunity for young Chinese to merge a conception of the self with the aims of the nation than during a crisis. But can a society stripped of trust inspire such high-minded ambitions? By Jiayang Fan PAID POST The #1 New York Times bestseller American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. Reflections The Existential Inconvenience of Coronavirus The physical effects of the outbreak lie in the future, but the psychic toll is already huge—and wide-ranging. By Geoff Dyer Culture and More The Sporting Scene When Tom Brady Said Goodbye to New England Brady seemed to understand that the N.F.L. is a kind of soap opera, and he managed to cast himself as an unwilling—but not unwitting—star, a man who gave fans just enough and never too much. By Louisa Thomas Cultural Comment My Old Nemesis: Plastic Bags I don’t want to tell you how many bags in trees, despite the ban, are still out there in the city—an infinite number. By Ian Frazier Humor and More Daily Shouts How I Wish to Receive Notifications I would like to be alerted to unusual activity on my credit card via ghosts that come to me in a dream, but also send a text. By Emily Flake Daily Cartoon Wednesday, March 18th By Teresa Burns Parkhurst 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.