<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: America’s Only Real Quarantine

+ Americans remain bad at quarantining. And most states remain bad at enforcing such guidelines. The one exception? Hawaii. Its strategy has paid off, Olga Khazan writes.

One question, answered: A reader named Cris writes in from Ohio: Is it okay to bake for my neighbors during the pandemic?

James Hamblin responds in his latest “Paging Dr. Hamblin” column:

I think you can absolutely do this, and it would be great if you did. Cookie exchanges generally can be done safely, and I’m all for keeping them happening in a year where lots of other traditions won’t happen. But I should get granular on safety considerations, and run through some hypotheticals.

Keep reading for those. Every Wednesday, James takes questions from readers about health-related curiosities, concerns, and obsessions. Have one? Email him at paging.dr.hamblin@theatlantic.com.

What to read if … you’re looking for practical advice:

Tonight’s Atlantic-approved isolation activity:

Consider measuring your happiness. Arthur C. Brooks, our happiness columnist, explains why doing so can help improve it (and offers an easy self-assessment you can do right now).

Today’s break from the news:

After they were banned from Reddit, trans-exclusionary radical feminists became the latest of many toxic communities to simply build their own platform, Kaitlyn Tiffany reports.

Thanks for reading. This email was written by Caroline Mimbs Nyce, with help from Haley Weiss and Isabel Fattal.

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