"In “COVID Hardball,” Rich Johnson and Eli Neugeboren lay out a series of baseball cards of significant figures of the pandemic era, including New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern; Singapore’s Halimah Yacob; Donald Trump, who “repeatedly held large campaign rallies without requiring masking”; and Anthony Fauci, the “M.V.P. (Most Valuable Physician).”"
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