Twenty-Four Hours at the Epicenter of the Pandemic

Plus: privacy and COVID-19 tracking, the funniest books to read now, and quarantine beards. View in browser | Update your preferences Our Local Correspondents April 15, 2020: A Coronavirus Chronicle Twenty-four hours at the epicenter of the pandemic. By The New Yorker Annals of Technology Can We Track COVID-19 and Also Protect Privacy? If we accept government data tracking, the surveillance necessary to curtail the coronavirus pandemic could become a permanent fixture in our lives. By Sue Halpern Q. & A. The Coronavirus Crisis in Brazil “It’s hard to tell you what his main strategy is because it changes very often,” the Brazilian journalist Sergio Davila says of President Jair Bolsonaro’s coronavirus response. By Isaac Chotiner PAID POST They said she was a woman of no importance—they were wrong. The remarkable true story of Virginia Hall: the American spy who helped win Word War II. NPR calls A Woman of No Importance “compelling ... a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people—and a little resistance.” Now a New York Times bestseller. Culture and More Page-Turner The Funniest Books to Read in Quarantine Comic fiction addresses our disposition toward a fickle universe. Do we claim agency through humor? Or strive for a jolly and wide-eyed surrender? By Katy Waldman Cultural Comment What We Miss Without Museums Museums know the desires of our hands. The special presence of paintings comes from their being at once untouchable and viscerally evocative of touch. By Rachel Cohen Video Dept. The Rise of the Quarantine Beard During the coronavirus pandemic, facial hair has become a subject of public-health concern and a way to convey solidarity from afar. By Rachel Lipstein Puzzles & Games Dept. The Weekday Crossword Bane of Wile E. Coyote: three letters. By Kameron Austin Collins Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Hunkering Down with Eddy Get ahold of yourself, please. By Cathy Malkasian Daily Cartoon Monday, April 27th By Sam Marlow This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.