The Case for Nationwide Coronavirus Testing

Plus: the medical students who joined the battle against COVID-19; the best television shows; and HBO’s new Natalie Wood documentary. View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch The Medical Students Who Joined the Battle Against the Coronavirus At N.Y.U. and elsewhere, young doctors graduated early to work in overwhelmed hospitals. The pandemic has made their training more complicated, and more perilous. By Eren Orbey Q. & A. The Case for Nationwide Coronavirus Testing The Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer believes that bimonthly testing would instill confidence that people could go back to work. By Isaac Chotiner The New Yorker Documentary Watch Neighbors Connect in “Shelter in Place” Stuck in his New York City apartment, a street photographer started interviewing his neighbors, who shared surprisingly intimate stories from their windows. By Michele Moses PAID POST A Clash of Kings | A new collector’s edition from The Folio Society A Clash of Kings, the sensational sequel to our best-selling edition of A Game of Thrones, is out now exclusively from The Folio Society. This lavish two-volume set is full of exquisite details and is color illustrated by series artist Jonathan Burton. Personal History Reinventing Grief in an Era of Enforced Isolation When my father died, of leukemia, as the coronavirus pandemic accelerated, my family and I became members of a vanguard that we’d never aspired to join. By Lauren Collins Culture and More On Television The Best Television Shows to Stream Forty recommendations for home viewing, including documentaries, animated series, dramas, British cop shows, and everything in between. By Troy Patterson and Doreen St. Félix Annals of Gastronomy Tom Colicchio on What It Will Take for Restaurants to Survive “My concern isn’t actually getting open,” the chef and TV personality says. “My concern is, once you’re open, how do you last for a year?” By Helen Rosner Culture Desk HBO’s New Natalie Wood Documentary Doesn’t Have the Answers But it does have a particular agenda: to exonerate Robert Wagner. By Michael Schulman Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts A First Date Immediately Following Quarantine Man and Woman are seated together. She has lipstick on her forehead. His tie hangs down his back. It is clear that they have not done this in a while. By Ginny Hogan Daily Cartoon Wednesday, May 6th By Teresa Burns Parkhurst 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.