The Quest for a Pandemic Pill

Plus: doctors on the front lines; Lawrence Wright’s pandemic novel; and Greta Thunberg. View in browser | Update your preferences Dept. of Science The Quest for a Pandemic Pill Can we prepare antivirals to combat the next global crisis? By Matthew Hutson Medical Dispatch How Doctors on the Front Lines Are Confronting the Coronavirus To fill the vacuum left by the federal government, doctors are relying on informal networks to get information and support. By Robert P. Baird Q. & A. Caring for COVID-19 Patients in a Queens I.C.U. A nurse on his experience working at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital as the city is inundated with COVID-19 cases. By Isaac Chotiner PAID POST “A moving portrait…evokes the work of Larry McMurtry and John Sayles.”* Don’t miss Valentine: “Brilliant, sharp, tightly wound, and devastating.... These are some of the most fully realized, unforgettable female characters I’ve ever met.” —Elizabeth Gilbert (*Publishers Weekly, starred review) START READING NOW The New Yorker Interview What Lawrence Wright Learned from His Pandemic Novel The New Yorker writer on watching fiction turn into reality, the ingenuity of scientists, and the enduring effects of plagues. By David Remnick Culture and More Under Review How Greta Thunberg Transformed Existential Dread Into a Movement The memoir “Our House Is on Fire” details how climate-change activism helped Thunberg’s family remake itself. By Emily Witt Cultural Comment The Truth About Isaac Newton’s Productive Plague The idea that the bubonic plague woke the brilliance in Newton is wrong and misleading as a measure of how well we apply ourselves during our own plague spring. By Thomas Levenson Postscript The Delight and Sadness of Tomie dePaola The author of the Strega Nona series was highly attuned to characters who experience everyday existence as a thing made of small flares of joy and longer stretches of disappointment. By Naomi Fry Puzzles and Games Dept. The Weekday Crossword Portrayer of Queen Anne in film and Elizabeth II on TV: twelve letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Interviews with the Tigers from “Tiger King” “Listen, you want to feed me expired meats all day? Fine. I’m not above that. But don’t poke me with a stick.” By Jessica Olien Daily Cartoon Monday, April 6th By Jeremy Nguyen 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.