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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: A Nuanced Guide to Delta

It’s easy to feel despondent or indifferent about the pandemic these days. Here’s a better way to think about Delta.
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Almost a year ago, I wrote that America was , making the same errors of intuition again and again. One of the nine mistakes I identified was the tendency to create false dichotomies. That tendency still plagues us today.

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