Atul Gawande on Taming the Coronavirus

Plus: the dangerous “yeah, whatever” phase of Trump’s lame-duck Presidency, the Haitian revolution, and the White Stripes’ greatest hits. View in browser | Update your preferences The New Yorker Interview Atul Gawande on Coronavirus Vaccines and Prospects for Ending the Pandemic The New Yorker staff writer, now a member of President-elect Biden’s covid-19 advisory board, discusses when a vaccine might be ready for distribution, who should receive it, and whether eradicating the virus is possible. By David Remnick Letter from Trump’s Washington The President Is Acting Crazy, so Why Are We Shrugging It Off? The dangerous “yeah, whatever” phase of Trump’s lame-duck Presidency. By Susan B. Glasser Culture Desk A Hole in French High-School History The Haitian revolution effectively forced France to abolish slavery. Yet many French teen-agers learn nothing about this chapter of their history. By Lauren Collins Annals of Technology How Joe Biden Could Help Internet Companies Moderate Harmful Content Liberals and conservatives have found fault with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act—but for very different reasons. By Sue Halpern PAID POST The essential leadership playbook "How to Lead" is the essential leadership playbook by David Rubenstein, who discusses principles and strategies with the likes of Bill Gates, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jeff Bezos, Nancy Pelosi, Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, Tim Cook, and many more. Available now. Culture and More Culture Desk Long Live the Greatest-Hits Album The White Stripes show the joy and the oddness of a collection of hit singles. By Amanda Petrusich 2020 in Review Ten Great Performances of 2020 Actors always allow us to imagine lives beyond our own; this year, they were our avatars, roaming free while we sat and watched and waited. By Michael Schulman Musical Events What Does It Mean to “Reimagine” an Orchestra Season? With live performances constrained by the pandemic, musical ensembles are streaming productions for listeners curious enough to seek them out. By Alex Ross The Current Cinema Meryl Streep on the High Seas in “Let Them All Talk” Shot aboard the Queen Mary 2, Steven Soderbergh’s film stars Streep as a distinguished novelist travelling to collect a literary prize. By Anthony Lane Page-Turner What We Read When the World Gets Dark Introducing “Books for the Midnight Hour”: a video series, by passionate readers, about what literature can say and do. By The New Yorker Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts How Dating During a Pandemic Is Like Being in a Jane Austen Novel Clever planning is involved, and courtship includes many brisk walks. By Amy Collier Daily Cartoon Friday, December 4th By Yasin Osman 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.