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The New Republic’s Walter Shapiro examines how President-elect Joe Biden can start the hard work of rebuilding a fractured country.

What Now?

“In much the same way that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was known as ‘Dr. New Deal’ and ‘Dr. Win-the-War,’ Biden could well be the Victory Over Covid president. The optimistic postelection news from Pfizer and Moderna on their vaccine trials suggests that there could be a massive national inoculation program during the first half of 2021. And, if the treatment proves successful, much of American life may have returned to something resembling normal by the end of Biden’s first year in office.”

—Walter Shapiro, TNR staff writer

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