Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Vaccine Hope Doesn't Trump Bad Pandemic Management

We’ve still got months of fight ahead.

Small steps, big hopes.

Photographer: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images

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Back in April, when there were still brook trout in the streams in the mountains, this newsletter compared America’s coronavirus experience to that of a child on a long trip asking “Are we there yet?” We’re closer today, but still not nearly close enough to stop the ride, or even to start measuring it by numbers of SpongeBob episodes.