Shaming doesn't help end an epidemic. Gay men know that all too well.

It's been a long pandemic. The rollout of the Covid-19 pandemic was a sign that things might finally get back to normal someday soon. [View in browser]( [Image]( May 15, 2021 THE LATEST [Alternate text] Why the mask debate sounds awfully familiar to the queer community by Zach Stafford [A photo of PrEP pills on a blue background] It's been a long pandemic. The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine was a sign that things might finally get back to normal someday soon. But the CDC saying that vaccinated Americans can go without a mask has some people doubting the science — and ready to shame people who drop their masks. This all sounds familiar, Zach Stafford writes. "The debate that’s currently playing out among liberals is a version of one that’s been going on in the queer community for years: The battle to get people to begin taking the HIV prevention drug PrEP is a prime case of how stigma and shame only allow viruses to continue," Stafford writes. [Read Zach Stafford's analysis]( and see more great articles at the top of your Saturday [MSNBC Daily](. TOP STORIES [Alternate text] [Nice try: Why any attempt to shield Trump from Florida extradition is doomed]( [by Steve Vladeck]( Citing an obscure provision of Florida law, the argument goes that DeSantis would have the chance to play last-minute extradition hero. [Read more.]( [Bennifer is the post-Covid trauma balm America needs right now]( [by Emma Gray]( [As we re-emerge from our year of isolation, who can blame us for being drawn to the fantasy of turning back the clock?]([Read more.]( [Why U.S. athletes are breaking their silence and standing up for Palestinians]( [by Dave Zirin]( [As the death toll grows, a small group of athletes are embracing a new internationalism defined by anti-racism.]( [Read more.]( TOP VIDEOS [Alternate text] [A photo of people shopping indoors wearing masks]( [Ari Melber]( ['No reversing this train': The significance of Gaetz ally pleading guilty]( [A photo of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]( [Katy Tur]( ['Deeply unwell': AOC voices concern for Marjorie Taylor Green after confrontations with Dems]( [A photo of Pete Buttigieg]( [Joy Reid]( ['We're not back to normal': Buttigieg on the aftermath of the Colonial Pipeline hack]( LISTEN NOW [Alternate text] Into America A Shape-up and Check-in Trymaine Lee talks to Lorenzo Lewis, founder of The Confess Project, about how his grassroots program provides Black men with mental health support straight from the barber shop chair. He also speaks with Louisville, Kentucky, barber J. Divine Alexander about how the program helped him support his clients and improve his own mental health. [Listen now.]( MORE ON MSNBC [Alternate text] planyourvaccine.com Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner joins Rev. Al Sharpton live to discuss his newly elected role as president of the African American Mayors Association, and how he plans to lead the group amid national pressure to revamp police departments. Watch "PoliticsNation" today at 5 p.m. ET. planyourvaccine.com Miles Taylor, former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff, joins Joshua Johnson live to discuss the group of 100-plus Republicans threatening to split from the GOP and form a third party: an effort organized by Taylor himself. Watch "The Week with Joshua Johnson" tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Tell us what you think. [Drop us an e-mail.](mailto:msnbc.digital.editors@nbcuni.com?subject=MSNBC Daily) Were you forwarded this email from a friend? [Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily here](. Follow MSNBC [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( Check out the MSNBC channel on Apple News Download the NBC News Mobile App and watch MSNBC [Listen live to MSNBC on TuneIn]( [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)