--- title: October 19th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 15 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/5897865/october-19th-2020-vol-196-no-15-u-s/ og:title: October 19th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 15 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/5897865/october-19th-2020-vol-196-no-15-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95a1266fd62cdc67/698a12f1db2987a61b265e2f/TIM201019_Trump.Covid_.Cover_.FINAL_.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: Trump Covid White House Time Magazine Cover 201019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: October 19th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 15 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95a1266fd62cdc67/698a12f1db2987a61b265e2f/TIM201019_Trump.Covid_.Cover_.FINAL_.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # October 19, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 15October 19, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 15  Issue name October 19th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 15 | U.S. Issue date October 19, 2020 Location U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific, North America, South America Related categories [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents IdeasPoliticsOthers ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Despite a Strong COVID-19 Rebound, China Isn't Going Back to Normal Anytime Soon [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Sacha Baron Cohen: We Must Save Democracy From Conspiracies ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Donald Trump's COVID-19 Diagnosis Is Forcing Him to Face His Personal—and Political—Vulnerability When the President gets COVID-19, America, too, must contemplate its frailty [Politics](/section/politics/) ### How a Road Trip Through America's Battlegrounds Revealed a Nation Plagued by Misinformation Voters often reacted to news events in ways that conformed to what they already believed — accurate or not ### Others [A Candy Slide. Virtual Costume Contests. Indoor Trick-or-Treating. How Some Families Are Planning for a Pandemic-Proof Halloween](/5897879/halloween-ideas-2020/) October 19th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 15 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"October 19th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 15 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5897865/october-19th-2020-vol-196-no-15-u-s/"}]}]} ```