<em>The Atlantic Daily: </em>The TikTok Scuffle Tells a Bigger Story

Further reading: TikTok is taking over India, Snigdha Poonam and Samarth Bansal report from New Delhi.

One question, answered: “Long-haulers” can suffer COVID-19 symptoms for weeks, even months. Are they contagious that whole time?

Ed Yong, our science staff writer who covered the phenomenon, reports:

The real answer is: We don’t know. The experts I’ve talked with have said that it’s unlikely people who experience months of symptoms are contagious for that entire time, and that their problems are more likely to do with some long-lasting misfiring of the immune system than a persistent reservoir of the virus. But the latter is still possible, and exists in other infectious diseases. This is a new virus, and scientists are still trying to understand it. I appreciate that this is incredibly frustrating when one has life decisions to make right now. One of the long-haulers, who had been living alone for months of her sickness, reunited with her partner anyway—a decision they made because they didn’t want to be apart, and because they perceived the risk of infection to be low. Others may choose differently based on their individual circumstances, needs, and risks.

What to read if … you’re excited about the return of major-league sports:

Not all sports are managing resumed play particularly safely, our contributing writer Jemele Hill warns: Pro baseball is courting disaster.

What to read if … you’re less than excited about the return of theme parks:

Our Culture writer Shirley Li interviewed the Disney superfans willing to risk it all to ride Space Mountain or wave to Mickey Mouse.

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Caroline Mimbs Nyce is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic.