Thursday, April 2, 2020

Bo$ton Globe Family Photo Album

Oh, the memories:

Summer Street during the mid-afternoon traffic hour viewed from the Fort Point Channel towards downtown Boston.
Summer Street during the mid-afternoon traffic hour viewed from the Fort Point Channel towards downtown Boston. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)

Cleaners entered the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke where several people have died due to coronavirus on Tuesday.
Cleaners entered the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke where several people have died due to coronavirus on Tuesday. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Soldiers' Home in Holyoke where several people have died due to coronavirus or COVID-19.
Soldiers' Home in Holyoke where several people have died due to coronavirus or COVID-19. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

A person is seen inside the Soldiers' Home.
A person is seen inside the Soldiers' Home (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

National Guard members put on masks outside of the Soldiers' Home.
National Guard members put on masks outside of the Soldiers' Home (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Ted Monette, seen in 2007, was a FEMA official after serving in Vietnam and the Gulf War.
Ted Monette, seen in 2007, was a FEMA official after serving in Vietnam and the Gulf War ( FEMA news photo)

A patient was wheeled from an ambulance into the emergency room at Beverly Hospital.
A patient was wheeled from an ambulance into the emergency room at Beverly Hospital. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

University of Massachusetts Medical School graduates Shruthi Srinivas and Jacqueline Chipkin celebrated on their back deck with their neighbors, also medical school graduates.
University of Massachusetts Medical School graduates Shruthi Srinivas and Jacqueline Chipkin celebrated on their back deck with their neighbors, also medical school graduates. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff)

People always go off to war that way, with thunderous applause.

University of Massachusetts Medical School graduate Jacqueline Chipkin (far left) facetime with her sister and brother-in-law. Next to Chipkin is Shruthi Srinivas.
University of Massachusetts Medical School graduate Jacqueline Chipkin (far left) facetime with her sister and brother-in-law. Next to Chipkin is Shruthi Srinivas. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff)

A diagnostic test for COVID-19 that resembles an over-the-counter pregnancy test and can deliver results in about 15 minutes.
A diagnostic test for COVID-19 that resembles an over-the-counter pregnancy test and can deliver results in about 15 minutes.

Due to a surge in deaths caused by coronavirus, hospitals are using refrigerator trucks as makeshift morgues. Picture: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP
Due to a surge in deaths caused by coronavirus, hospitals are using refrigerator trucks as makeshift morgues. (Picture: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP).

Looking more and more like a damn drill.

Elliott Abrams, the US special representative to Venezuela who spoke at a news conference in Washington Tuesday, said the United States wants opposition leader Juan Guaidó to be able to run for president.
Elliott Abrams, the US special representative to Venezuela who spoke at a news conference in Washington Tuesday, said the United States wants opposition leader Juan Guaidó to be able to run for president. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/Associated Press/AP Pool via AP)

That right there is Evil Incarnate!


Michael Horowitz is inspector general at the Justice Department.
Michael Horowitz is inspector general at the Justice Department. (Anna Moneymaker/New York Times/File 2019)

Jailed Taliban were seen inside the Pul-e-Charkhi jail in Kabul. A three-member Taliban technical team arrived Tuesday in the Afghan capital to oversee the release of their prisoners as part of a peace deal signed by the Taliban and the United States.
Jailed Taliban were seen inside the Pul-e-Charkhi jail in Kabul. A three-member Taliban technical team arrived Tuesday in the Afghan capital to oversee the release of their prisoners as part of a peace deal signed by the Taliban and the United States. (Rahmat Gul/Associated Press/File 2019/Associated Press)

European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell held a virtual news conference on the approval of Operation Irini, at the European Commission in Brussels on Tuesday. The operation is a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya.
European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell held a virtual news conference on the approval of Operation Irini, at the European Commission in Brussels on Tuesday. The operation is a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya. (Francois Lenoir/Pool Photo via Associated Press/Reuters Pool via AP).

As the coronavirus pandemic upends life, likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden is turning to virtual fund-raising in his presidential campaign.
As the coronavirus pandemic upends life, likely Democratic nominee Joe Biden is turning to virtual fund-raising in his presidential campaign. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press/File 2020/Associated Press).

Senator Bernie Sanders argues that it is important for him to remain in the Democratic primary to keep pushing his agenda, and that a “narrow path” to victory remains.
Senator Bernie Sanders argues that it is important for him to remain in the Democratic primary to keep pushing his agenda, and that a “narrow path” to victory remains. (Erin Schaff/New York Times).

He is saying keep your distance!


People arrive at a temporary homeless shelter set up in a parking lot at Cashman Center on March 30, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

The border wall in Organ Pipe National Park south of Ajo, Ariz. Work on the wall has continued.
The border wall in Organ Pipe National Park south of Ajo, Ariz. Work on the wall has continued. (SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images/File).

The Associated Press
In a pool photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Monday, March 30, 2020. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, Pool)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived on Capitol Hill in Washington last week.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived on Capitol Hill in Washington last week. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press/Associated Press

That was just last week?

Where is the damn social distancing?!!


Credit... (Adam Dean for The New York Times).


A man wearing a face mask opened a makeshift barricade built to control entry and exit to a residential compound in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on Tuesday.
A man wearing a face mask opened a makeshift barricade built to control entry and exit to a residential compound in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on Tuesday (Getty Images)


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A  trash bag covered a basketball rim on the Welcome Young Playground in Quincy. Cities and towns can also try some low-tech, albeit unpopular, deterrents to emphasize social distancing.
A trash bag covered a basketball rim on the Welcome Young Playground in Quincy. Cities and towns can also try some low-tech, albeit unpopular, deterrents to emphasize social distancing. (Stan Grossfeld/ Globe Staff)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci speaks as President Trump listens while fixing his hair during the daily coronavirus briefing at the  White House March 30.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci speaks as President Trump listens while fixing his hair during the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House March 30. (Win McNamee/Getty)


People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 31.
People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 31. (Chiang Ying-ying/Associated Press)

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The Boston Public Garden was largely empty on a springlike day in mid-March.
The Boston Public Garden was largely empty on a springlike day in mid-March. 
(David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)

WORCESTER - Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center moved residents on Monday so the facility could become a recovery center for COVID-19 coronavirus cases. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )
WORCESTER - Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center moved residents on Monday so the facility could become a recovery center for COVID-19 coronavirus cases (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff).

CNA Mass Joof adjusted the pillow for Eric McGuire, who is bedridden with several medical conditions in Franklin.
CNA Mass Joof adjusted the pillow for Eric McGuire, who is bedridden with several medical conditions in Franklin. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

Personal care assistant Maria Colville leaves her home in Cambridge to care for an elderly woman in Watertown. She leaves her building in a mask and wearing rubber gloves, and wipes down the interior surfaces of her car with disinfectant before taking the gloves off.
Personal care assistant Maria Colville leaves her home in Cambridge to care for an elderly woman in Watertown. She leaves her building in a mask and wearing rubber gloves, and wipes down the interior surfaces of her car with disinfectant before taking the gloves off (Lane Turner/Globe Staff).

Melissa Baptista checks on her fiance Eric McGuire, who is bedridden with several medical conditions in Franklin.
Melissa Baptista checks on her fiance Eric McGuire, who is bedridden with several medical conditions in Franklin. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley (left)
Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley (left) (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/File 2019)


I'm not going to tell Gronk he should be practicing social distancing.

A flyer in downtown Sydney, Australia.
A flyer in downtown Sydney, Australia. (SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

WRONG!

It's the kind of capitali$m being practiced, and who is practicing it that is the problem.

Jesse E. Menachem of the Massachusetts Golf Association argued unsuccessfully that golf courses should be allowed to open because they provided needed outdoor exercise with social distancing.
Jesse E. Menachem of the Massachusetts Golf Association argued unsuccessfully that golf courses should be allowed to open because they provided needed outdoor exercise with social distancing. (Joanne Rathe)

Fore!

Andrew Ambrosino and Kristen Anderson, cofounders of Catch, which offers services to freelancers and part-time employees without benefits. Anderson says investors have recommended that the Boston company cut jobs.
Andrew Ambrosino and Kristen Anderson, cofounders of Catch, which offers services to freelancers and part-time employees without benefits. Anderson says investors have recommended that the Boston company cut jobs. Catch

They look stoned.

Boston Medical Center.
Boston Medical Center. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)


Danaher completes acquisition of GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences division


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A view of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged roughly 1.9 percent Tuesday, for the worst first-quarter finish of its 135-year history.
A view of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged roughly 1.9 percent Tuesday, for the worst first-quarter finish of its 135-year history. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Construction workers at the new Somerville High School crowd around a canteen truck to get food on March 19. Work on that project, along with many others in Somerville, has since been shut down.
Construction workers at the new Somerville High School crowd around a canteen truck to get food on March 19. Work on that project, along with many others in Somerville, has since been shut down. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)


Darlene Wallace, president of Columbus Oil, by one of her company's pump jacks in Seminole, Okla., where oil production must be slowed to accommodate lack of demand.
Darlene Wallace, president of Columbus Oil, by one of her company's pump jacks in Seminole, Okla., where oil production must be slowed to accommodate lack of demand (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times).

It's not much, but this is the author's current work space.
It's not much, but this is the author's current work space. (Andy Rosen)

Jeff Pash, flanked by Roger Goodell, said the NFL is focusing on having a normal, traditional season.
Jeff Pash, flanked by Roger Goodell, said the NFL is focusing on having a normal, traditional season. (Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Patrick Mahomes celebrates the Chiefs' Super Bowl LIV win.
Patrick Mahomes celebrates the Chiefs' Super Bowl LIV win. (Jamie Squire/Getty)

Patrick McEnroe said: "The good news is I feel fine. My symptoms have passed. I feel, really, 100 percent."
Patrick McEnroe said: "The good news is I feel fine. My symptoms have passed. I feel, really, 100 percent." (John Minchillo/Associated Press)

He is hungry, too:

In 2013, Rabbi Keith Stern used Skype to video stream with two of his children who live elsewhere during a Seder meal. An iPad or laptop and Seder plate will coexist on the family table during Seder once again this year, in many more households, because of social distancing.
In 2013, Rabbi Keith Stern used Skype to video stream with two of his children who live elsewhere during a Seder meal. An iPad or laptop and Seder plate will coexist on the family table during Seder once again this year, in many more households, because of social distancing. (Jonathan.Wiggs/Globe Staff/file)

I just lost my appetite.