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August 9, 20207 Screenland Peer Review By Jason Zengerle / 11 Talk Padma Lakshmi By David Marchese / 14 The Ethicist Is It OK That I Haven’t Told My Parents I Was Fired?
By Kwame Anthony Appiah / 16 Letter of Recommendation Street-Casting By Jon Gluck / 18 Eat Rethinking Sourdoughs By Tejal Rao4 Contributors / 5 The Thread / 10 Poem / 14 Judge John Hodgman / 17 Tip / 41, 44, 46 Puzzles / 41 Puzzle AnswersA bag of frozen convalescent
plasma at Long Island Jewish
Medical Center in Queens. The
plasma, collected from the blood of
Covid-19 patients, is a still-unproven
treatment for the disease, but
American patients have received
tens of thousands of doses. Page 20.Behind the Cover Gail Bichler, creative director: ‘‘In this week’s cover story, Irina Aleksander explores why this moment belongs to sweatpants and is
fundamentally changing the fashion industry. We feel the bold yellow type plays off the humorous spirit of the image of a sweatpants fl ag, fl ying triumphantly.’’
Photograph by Stephanie Gonot for Th e New York Times. Prop styling: Machen Machen Studio.20 Doctor vs. Doctor
By Susan Dominus / How much
freedom should physicians have
in treating Covid-19 patients?
The question has opened up a civil
war in some hospitals.28 Sweatpants Forever
By Irina Aleksander / Even before
the pandemic, the whole fashion
industry had started to unravel.
What happens now that no one has
a reason to dress up?34 Solitary Soul
By Megan K. Stack / In 2013, Australia
sent hundreds of would-be asylum
seekers to a secretive offshore
detention center. Then one of the
detainees, a journalist named
Behrouz Boochani, told the world all
about it.