Day 84 of the Year Without a Year

First, some good news: New Zealand has not had a new Covid-19 case in 14 days, making it officially coronavirus-free. Given it's an archipelago of 3 million people more than 2,000 km from its nearest neighbor, they may have had some natural defenses against reinfection.

In other news:

• The New York Times surveyed 511 epidemiologists about when they believed it would be safe to engage in certain activities.
• "Defunding the police" does not mean what you think it means.
• A study has found that lockdowns prevented 60 million new coronoavirus cases in the US.
• A new poll finds that 80% of Americans think the president does not have things under control. Oh, and Biden is ahead everywhere it counts.

An oddly quiet day, it seems. Probably because it's Monday.