A new kind of pandemic grief. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story June 1, 2021 By Natasha Frost Writer, Briefings Good morning. We're covering the latest from the pandemic in the U.S. and a major shift in China's family-planning rules. Mourners gathered on Wednesday at a funeral home in Pasadena, Md., for the viewing of Darryl Preissler, who ran his own contracting company. Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times A bittersweet pandemic recovery As new infections plummet, many newly vaccinated Americans are leaving their masks behind, planning summer travel and joyously reuniting with family and friends. But for those who have lost a loved one, the worst has just begun . Even now, about 450 deaths are being reported each day, leaving hundreds of families dealing with a new kind of pandemic grief. In one bittersweet sign of the dissonance, the pandemic has improved enough that funerals can happen mostly in person again. Most of those dying from Covid-19...