“Last month, we debated how far the virus could travel when we speak loudly, and how close together tables at restaurants should be; this month, we may learn how much virus is expelled from the nose and mouth when pepper spray irritates the lungs.” The New Yorker: How the Protests Have Changed the Pandemic.

+ “The technology was old, the data poor, the bureaucracy slow, the guidance confusing, the administration not in agreement.” And that’s just for starters. NYT: The C.D.C. Waited ‘Its Entire Existence for This Moment.’ What Went Wrong?