What Will Cold-and-Flu Season Mean for the Pandemic?

Plus: the first abortion case before a post-Ginsburg Supreme Court, and how to misread Jane Austen. View in browser | Update your preferences Elements What Will Cold-and-Flu Season Mean for the Coronavirus Pandemic? Without a national strategy to limit the virus’s spread, the country faces the “darkest winter in modern history.” By Carolyn Kormann Medical Dispatch A Bellevue Doctor’s Pandemic Diary A primary-care physician at the oldest public hospital in the nation keeps a journal as New York City traverses the coronavirus peak. By Danielle Ofri Photo Booth New York City’s Kids, Back at School Kids, masked, greeted their teachers with pantomimed high-fives. Some rushed jubilantly toward their classmates, while others solemnly maintained a perimeter of personal space. By Helen Rosner Daily Comment The First Abortion Case Before a Post-Ginsburg Supreme Court A ruling in favor of the F.D.A.’s restrictions on the drug mifepristone could severely curtail access to safe, effective, early abortion during the pandemic. By Margaret Talbot Daily Comment Harry Reid on the Senate and the Supreme Court “I think the time has come for the filibuster to go,” the former Democratic leader in the Senate said. “It’s not a question of whether but when.” By Jeffrey Toobin Daily Comment The Children’s Hour After President Trump’s grotesque display at Tuesday night’s debate, none of us can be sure that the precious rite and process of public engagement in politics will ever be restored. By Roger Angell PAID POST The timely, powerful new novel from Pulitzer Prize–winner Ayad Akhtar A deeply personal story of an immigrant father, an American son, and the country they both call home, “Homeland Elegies” is also an epic reckoning with the world that 9/11 made and the pursuit of identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams. Books Books How to Misread Jane Austen The novelist was a keen observer of her time. Now readers want to make her a mirror of our own. By Louis Menand Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Data 4 Sale Sure, we’re not the biggest cobbler in the St. Louis area, but we’ve collected some pretty sweet data that we’re certain corporate America will want a piece of. By Evan Waite and River Clegg Daily Cartoon Thursday, October 1st By Liz Montague This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure 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.