The Delta surge is abating—time for a global lockdown

This isn't the last strain we'll see. And after almost two years of pandemic hardships, does two weeks at home still seem such a big imposition?

The good news is that the latest global surge in Covid appears to have peaked.

And so, by about mid-October, we’re likely to start hearing more about the need to reopen and do what many countries are already saying they plan to do—to “live with the virus.” The problem is that we’re likely to have only chased the virus into hiding somewhere in the world …