The Coronavirus Vaccine Is on Track to Be the Fastest Ever Developed

Plus: Trump is a superspreader of distraction; the case for letting the restaurant industry die; and Anthony Davis. View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch The Coronavirus Vaccine Is on Track to Be the Fastest Ever Developed Pending the results of a Phase III efficacy trial this summer, a vaccine produced by the biotech company Moderna could be ready for approval as soon as the fall. By Carolyn Kormann Letter from Trump’s Washington Trump Is a Superspreader—of Distraction In a matter of days, a hundred thousand will be dead from the pandemic, and the President is mass-proliferating diversions. By Susan B. Glasser Daily Comment The Pandemic Hits Brazil Hard, but Jair Bolsonaro Is Unrepentant As the nation’s rates of infection and mortality continue to climb, Bolsonaro is behaving with absolute and deterministic irresponsibility. By Jon Lee Anderson Daily Comment China Declares Victory Over the Coronavirus China’s biggest political event of the year is turning into a self-congratulatory pageant in which the Party’s emboldened leadership celebrates itself. By Barbara Demick PAID POST What if Hillary hadn't married Bill? Vogue.com calls “Rodham” a “triumphant feminist reinvention” from New York Times bestselling author of “American Wife,” Curtis Sittenfeld. Culture and More Annals of Gastronomy The Case for Letting the Restaurant Industry Die Tunde Wey, the New Orleans-based activist-artist and cook, describes his radical vision of a more equitable culinary world. By Helen Rosner Video Dept. Anatomy of a Book In a new short film, antiquarian booksellers reel off the special language they use to catalogue a book’s condition and describe the methods for fixing its faults. By Susannah Kemple Cultural Comment Anthony Davis’s Revolutionary Opera: “X” After the composer’s Pulitzer win for “The Central Park Five,” now is the time to reconsider his groundbreaking opera about the life of Malcolm X. By Ryan Ebright Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Batman Works from Home I’ll be honest; it hurt when I found out that I wasn’t an essential worker. By Kate Sidley Daily Cartoon Friday, May 22nd By Jeremy Nguyen 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.