Why Widespread Coronavirus Testing Isn’t Coming Soon

Plus: How to talk to coronavirus skeptics; the heroes who deliver your kebabs; and “Little House in the Big Woods.” View in browser | Update your preferences News Desk Why Widespread Coronavirus Testing Isn’t Coming Anytime Soon A critical shortage of swabs and other testing components is, in many cases, making it impossible for labs across the country to expand their capacity. By Robert P. Baird News Desk The Coronavirus Comes to New York’s Prisons The U.S. as a whole may be able to flatten the curve of the coronavirus outbreak, but prisons can expect to see a largely “uncontrolled, unflattened curve.” By Daniel A. Gross Q. & A. How to Talk to Coronavirus Skeptics A science historian discusses the Trump Administration’s response to the pandemic and strategies for convincing doubters that the threat of the coronavirus is real. By Isaac Chotiner Our Columnists We Need a New Reconstruction Finance Corporation Congress should look to the lessons of the Depression-era federal agency to tackle the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus. By John Cassidy Elements Being a Pregnant Physician During the Coronavirus Outbreak I do not want to stop trying to be of service during this pandemic. Does this desire to continue practicing medicine make me less of a mother? By Rachel Pearson Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Daily Humor Newsletter Cartoons and more funny stuff in your in-box. Culture and More Local Heroes The Heroes Who Deliver Your Kebabs After New York City banned dining in restaurants, a courier gloves up for a vital real-time experiment in safely feeding shut-ins. By Zach Helfand Cultural Comment Returning to a “Little House in the Big Woods” If Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book offered the spine-chilling pleasures of the Brothers Grimm, it was also, effectively, a manual for self-sufficient social isolation. By Rebecca Mead Puzzles and Games Dept. The Weekday Crossword Louvre Pyramid designer: three letters. By Kameron Austin Collins Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Daily Coronavirus Quarantine Schedule 11:30 A.M.: Stare at wall and wonder how all this could have happened. By Claire Friedman Daily Cartoon Tuesday, March 24th By Zoe Si 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.