Charlie Kilmer

Friday, June 28, 2024

Life during the coronavirus pandemic

Dedham, MA - 4/30/2020: A drive-by birthday parade for Gavin Brennan of Dedham who celebrated his seventh birthday and successfully completing cancer treatment at Children's Hospital/Dana Farber. Gavin was among the first pediatric cancer patients in the nation to test positive for COVID-19 while undergoing chemotherapy. Pictured with Gavin are his sister Alexa, 4, and his parents Tim and April Brennan. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

Jamica Plain - 05/08/2020: The Rogerson House accommodated families that wanted to visit their mothers and grandmothers for Mothers Day. Because of coronavirus, family members have not been allowed inside. Ellen Taylor talks to her mother, Eva Taylor, age 100, through he first floor window. The residents of Rogerson House have issues with memory loss and Alzheimer's. On Friday afternoon, mothers were brought close to the windows by nursing staff on the first and second floor so they could be see their family members who came to wish them a Happy Mothers Day. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 5/6/20: Nurses, doctors and medical workers stood outside of Brigham and Women's cheering and taking pictures as the Massachusetts National Guard 104th Fighter Wing did a flyover as a show of support during COVID-19 pandemic. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

BOSTON, MA - 5/08/2020: As a small gesture of gratitude during National Nurses Week, and in recognition of their tremendous contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brigham and Women’s nurses received orchids outside of the hospital as they exit on Friday morning after working overnight. Hospital leadership distributed the 390 orchids and give nurses a well-deserved round of applause for the dedication and courage they exhibit every day and especially during these trying times. This gift was made possible thanks to Home Depot and ICS Plant Specialists. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

Revere, MA - 5/8/2020: Physician assistant Meagan Murtagh works in the nurses station at a Quality Inn that has been converted into a non-congregate shelter in Revere, MA on May 08, 2020. The Quality Inn in Revere has been converted into a non-congregate shelter to house positive Covid-19 patients that need a place to recover. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

East Boston, MA - 4/28/20: Funeral director Joe Ruggiero, the second generation to run his family's business, moves a body into a makeshift storage area that Ruggiero Family Memorial Home usually uses as a tribute room where photos are displayed and coffee served to families during wakes as funeral homes cope with a coronavirus or COVID-19 surge. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 4/27/2020: Doctor David Enze Wang talks with a patient's family member on the phone in the Special Pathogen Unit ICU at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA on April 27, 2020. The hospital has converted the cardiovascular center into a Covid-19 intensive care unit. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter: Coronavirus Covid-19 STAT at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA on April 27, 2020. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Chestnut Hill, MA - 5/3/20: (Back Row: L-R) Heba Algendy, and her mother-in-law, Nabila pray as one and a half year old twins Hassan (Bottom) and Seleem (R) watch their big brother, Hazem, 14, and their dad, Sharif, pray the Maghrib sunset prayer as the family breaks their fast during Ramadan. The Algendy's are observing Ramadan in quarantine because of coronavirus or COVID-19. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 5/5/20: St. John School student Karis Hennessey, 6, holds onto her puppy Cooper during a surprise parade for Megan Congemi on

Boston, MA - 4/29/2020: Kerry Seerattan appreciated the new face mask she received while passing through Nubian Station in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, MA on April 29, 2020. Nubian Station is the largest bus station in the area serving a vast majority of riders, who are struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which limits their access to adequate PPE. State Representative Chynah Tyler distributed face masks in partnership with a local business, “Just T” to constituents in transit to combat this issue. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Providence, RI - 5/06/2020 - Brown University graduating seniors who call themselves the

CHELSEA, MA - 5/07/2020: The Salvation Army on Chestnut Street in Chelsea that also serves East Boston had a line of about 350 people waiting for food/groceries open from 10am to noon Tuesday to Thursday during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic which seems to be growing each day. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

FallRiver MA - 4/25/2020 A young girl take's in a make-shift memorial, in the front of Amaral's Central Market, in Fall River. A beloved family-run business in Fall River, has seen three members of the family have died this month from COVID-19.(Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Medford, MA - 4/26/20 - Friends and family paraded by Paul Hollien (not pictured) to celebrate his 5th Birthday with a car parade in order to properly socially distance themselves to help prevent the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

BOSTON - 4/16/2020: Long-time customers of Claudia Market Jazmin Ochoa, left, and her daughter Ruby Pena, leave the Roxbury corner store on Thursday afternoon. As Americans reel from the impacts of the coronavirus, bodegas like Claudia Market have remained a last respite for community members. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

SHARON, MA - 4/16/2020: At Sharon Memorial Park in Sharon, the funeral services of Bernard Seckler, 95 yrs old and his wife Eveyln Seckler, 94 yrs old, they passed away on April 10th for the husband and wife days later on April 13th at The Falls at Cordingly Dam, an assisted living community in Newton. They both died of teh COVID-19 coronavirus. The new norm funeral during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The funeral was attended by the son and his family members with others watching including the sister in California by a live funeral video provided by Marcy Hirschen a mortuary student. Under normal times this funeral service would have been attended by over 150 mourners. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

CHELSEA - 4/14/2020: Gladys Vega, right, executive director of Chelsea Collaborative, leads a prayer before opening the doors to a pop-up food pantry hosted by Pan Y Cafe. Organized by Chelsea Collaborative, the food distribution has been operating for over 3 weeks with food donated by local businesses and food pantries and delivered to at-need families in Chelsea. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

Boston, Ma April 16, 2020 - The Fisk Pole in left field is reflected in a puddle in the first rw of the Green Monster seats at Fenway Park, closed during the coronavirus emergency. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)

Peabody, MA 4/26/2020 Eleanor Dittmer, joined in the window by nurse's aide Courtney Nadeau, is a resident in the assisted-living unit of the Harriett and Ralph Kaplan Estates. She is turning 93 on Wednesday, April 29. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, her family organized a drive-by birthday parade under her window. Family (which included her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and others), friends and neighbors drove through the parking lot, escorted by police cars, a police motorcycle, tow trucks and a fire truck. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Boston- 04/09/2020- Hundreds of makeshift patient rooms were constructed using sheetrock which fill the huge floor of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center to handle the number of coronavirus infected people that the city is expecting. Each room has military cotts, electricity and power. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Boston, MA - 4/15/2020 - First responders for the City of Boston pay tribute to the hard work and dedication of Tufts Medical Center staff members during the COVID-19 Pandemic with a rolling rally past the hospital. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

Quincy, Ma April 9, 2020 - The Massachusetts National Guard removes their hazmat suits after leaving Alliance Health at Marina Bay. The National Guard was deployed to Quincy to assist nursing homes with COVID-19 testing. According to their website

Boston,MA - 4/10/2020: Staff members choose flowers outside Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA on April 10, 2020. About 1,000 spring flowers, some of which were going to line the route of the 2020 Boston Marathon, were arranged in a heart outside Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and given to health care workers Friday morning as they conclude long shifts at the hospital. Hydrangeas, tulips, pansies, and daffodils were placed outside Beth Israel by workers from Cityscapes, the Boston-based floral company behind the gesture. Cityscapes owner Jan Goodman came up with the idea to support health care workers in the way she knows best — with flowers. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Boston,MA - 4/14/2020:Louis Kroll, 5, poses for portrait at his in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, MA on April 14, 2020. His parents Seth and Nicole have wrestled with the idea of a little extra screen time during the coronavirus stay-at-home advisory. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

CHELSEA - 4/14/2020: Gladys Socop, left, brings out a box of groceries to Jessica Armijo, right, while volunteering in a pop-up food pantry hosted by Pan Y Cafe. Organized by Chelsea Collaborative, the food distribution has been operating for over 3 weeks with food donated by local businesses and food pantries and delivered to at-need families in Chelsea. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

South Easton, MA 4/12/2020 A member for five years, Marcia Gardiner, bows her head during the pastor's prayer. Liberty Baptist Church, led by Pastor Adam Riveiro, holds a drive-in Easter service, in the South Easton church's parking lot. The unusual service is because of the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA 4/16/2020 Carney Hospital staff watch a drive-by parade in their honor, which salutes their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The parade was organized by Boston City Councilor Frank Baker. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Milford 04/11/2020- The Easter Bunny, aka Francoise Elise was driven around her Milford neighborhood by her husband Mike Guidi to greet children who waited in their yards and front door to see her. Every year, Elise has had a neighborhood Easter Egg hunt and owns the Easter Bunny costume, but this year was impossible because of coronavirus, so she decided to do a

BOSTON - 4/2/2020: Christine McCarthy sits for a portrait in what is usually a full waiting room in the ICU at Massachusetts General Hospital. McCarthy has worked as a nurse at MGH for over 20 years and has been a palliative nurse for the past year. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

Medford, Ma- April 4, 2020 - Testing for the coronavirus at a drive-thru set up by PhysicianOne at Wellington Circle. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 4/2/2020: Travelers pass through the B concourse at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, MA on April 02, 2020. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

WORCESTER - 4/7/2020: A simulation is set up in a makeshift hospital room to properly train paramedics as UMass Memorial Health helps to prepare the first field hospital in the state of Massachusetts. The field hospital has been built at the DCU Center in downtown Worcester as the state prepares for an expected surge in coronavirus patients. UMass Memorial Health Care will operate the pop-up hospital, which is the first one of three that the state is planning to open. The facility is expected to open Thursday, April 9. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 4/03/2020 - Aquitane Restaurant Group Manager Scott Lamb looks out his restaurant's window which now, like all restaurants, offers take-out only due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Photos of Aquitaine restaurant, which is open for take out and delivery. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

Foxborough, MA - 04/01/20 - One of Macklin's friends yells

BOSTON, MA - 3/31/2020 A sign of hope reading

Holyoke, MA - 3/31/20 - Cleaners unwrap their protective gear as they leave the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke where several people have died due to coronavirus or COVID-19. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Worcester, MA 3/31/2020: University of Massachusetts Medical School graduates Shruthi Srinivas and Jacqueline Chipkin, right to left, take a selfie during their two month early graduation which was performed over Zoom via their TV in their apartment due to coronavirus COVID-19. They wore their white coats because their gowns had not arrived yet, and their made their caps. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 4/2/2020: A man crosses the empty Evelyn Moakley Bridgeon Seaport Blvd in Boston, MA on April 02, 2020. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Boston, Ma April 7, 2020 - A health care worker grabs a moment in the sunshine at a coronavirus testing site outside Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)

BOSTON, MA - 3/31/2020: A just about empty Summer street during the mid afternoon traffic hour viewed from the Fort Point Channel towards downtown Boston because of CORVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

Lowell, MA - 4/7/2020: A woman directs vehicles as they arrive at a rapid COVID-19 testing site in Lowell, MA on April 07, 2020. (On Tuesday, April 7, CVS Health will launch the operation of a rapid COVID-19 testing site in Lowell, the first of its kind in the state. The drive-through site will offer no-cost testing to Massachusetts residents and will be capable of conducting and processing up to 1,000 tests per day, significantly bolstering the state's testing capacity. Recognizing the value of rapid testing to the state's efforts to combat and mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the City of Lowell actively partnered with the CVS Health and key state agencies, including the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHSS) and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), to facilitate the expeditious launch of the testing operation. ) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Medford, Ma- April 4, 2020 - Shoppers stand in line for an hour to get into Wegman’s as word spreads that they have toilet paper during the coronavirus emergency. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA 4/5/2020 Deaconess Carol Thomas, of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, stands by at the Stop & Shop in Grove Hall, while The Rev. Miniard Culpepper, hands out $10 bills to shoppers, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA 4/7/2020 Grocery workers and others stage a protest rally outside the Whole Foods Market, in the South End, to demand personal protective equipment, added benefits if needed and hazard pay, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Wilmington, MA - 4/4/2020: Roberta Biscan uses FaceTime to talk with her autistic son Connor, 15, at her home in Wilmington, MA on April 04, 2020. Connor lives in a group home in Hopkinton, MA that is owned by the New England Center for Children where Connor is enrolled in Southborough, MA. During the conversation Connor asked if he could come home for the weekend and Roberta explained that he could not due to the coronavirus pandemic. Connor then put down the iPad leaving the screen black. Roberta tried calling him back numerous times with no answer.

BOSTON - 4/1/2020: MGH employees wait outside of Harvard Gardens to get a free bagged lunch on Wednesday afternoon. Massachusetts General Hospital has been hit hard with coronavirus cases over the past few weeks and employees have been working around the clock to bring relief to the COVID-19 pandemic that has rocked the world. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

WEST BOYLSTON, MA - 4/01/2020: Correctional officers using alcohol hand sanitizer before entering the main cell block area. At the Worcester County House Of Corrections in West Boylston during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic inmates and correctional officers taking measures fighting against the virus. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

Boston, MA - 3/24/20 - A woman walked out of JP Licks on Beacon Hill after grabbing take out as the city empties out a day after Governor Charlie Baker issued a stay at home advisory for all non-essential workers as a way to reduce the spread of coronavirus and flatten the COVID-19 curve. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston,MA - 3/25/2020: Medical assistant Eileen Monagle, right, scans a staff members identification badge in a personal protective equipment distribution area at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA on March 25, 2020. The badges are scanned to keep track of PPE inventory. Monagle was distributing personal protective equipment to staff including face shields, eyewear, and procedure and surgical masks. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Brookline, MA - 03/24/20 - Many stores were closed during the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis in Coolidge Corner. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA 3/27/2020: At Massachusetts General Hospital, Jen Andonian, project manager for the MGH Center for Disaster Medicine, and Matt Shearer, senior analyst at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and Research Associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, got married at the MGH Ether Dome. They are both epidemiologists who work in the field of disaster management. Jen and Matt were supposed to get married in Michigan (where Jen is from) March 20 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Due the coronavirus COVID-19 situation they got married in the famous Ether Dome, where in 1846 the hospital's surgical amphitheater made history with the first public surgery using anesthetic (Ether.) The MGH General Store and Flower Shop did the flowers. MGH Nutrition and Food Servic did the cake. MGH Photo Lab took the photos and the video to send to their families. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 3/26/2020: A man passes through reflected light on a near empty Congress Street in downtown Boston, MA on March 26, 2020. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Peabody, MA 3/23/2020: Kate Casaletto is 32 weeks pregnant and very worried about coronavirus COVID-19. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)

Cambridge, MA - 03/26/20: Personal care assistant Maria Colville leaves for work to care for an elderly woman in Watertown. She leaves her building in mask and rubber gloves, and wipes down the interior surfaces of her car with disinfectant before taking the gloves off. When she arrives to work, she uses hand sanitizer before putting on a fresh pair of gloves. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 3/17/20: Liam Caracciolo, 7, of Boston wears a mask and gloves to protect from coronavirus as he rides his bicycle on the sidewalk along Hanover Street in the North End. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston, Mass-March 29, 2020: EMT’s rush a patient to the emergency room at Mass General Hospital during the coronavirus emergency. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 3/18/20: Kim Tran Medical Technologist at Massachusetts General Hospital is reflected in the COBAS 6800 a machine that will soon be used to ramp up testing volume at Massachusetts General Hospital as the testing kit shortage eases. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

FRAMINGHAM, MA - 3/26/2020: Outdoor tables covered in plastic wrap at the Framingham Service Plaza on the Massachusetts Turnpike because of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

MEDFORD - 3/24/2020: Vanderleia da Silva poses for a portrait in her Medford apartment. Originally from Brazil, da Silva has lived in the Boston area for over 20 years while working as a house cleaner. However, after the coronavirus has spread across the state, da Silva has lost most of her clients. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

Waltham, MA 3/13/2020: Five year old Marin Tillberg, cq, had enough of waiting in the long lines at Market Basket in Waltham as local people prepare for the Coronavirus. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)

Boston,MA - 3/12/2020: A man cleans near the Bobby Orr Statue outside the TD Garden in Boston, MA on March 12, 2020.
The NHL announced Thursday that it was pausing its 2019-20 season in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
It becomes the third North America pro league to suspend games, following the NBA’s decision on Wednesday night and MLS’s announcement Thursday.(Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

BOSTON, MA - 3/24/2020: Raphael Aguirre shuts down his hair salon that he has owned for 15 years in East Boston. Businesses deemed non-essential closed their doors at noon today.(David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

Needham- 03/12/2020: Emotions ran high at the Olin College of Engineering

BROOKLINE, MA - 3/27/2020: Ellie Lyons waves good morning to students. She has converted the backdrop of the bedroom in her Brookline apartment into a makeshift first-grade classroom to make her students more comfortable. She meets with her Natick first-graders on Google Meet. Suburban schools are converting to online education as rapidly as possible, as some parents demand more formalized schooling amid the shutdown. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

Milton,MA - 3/24/2020: Dr. Elissa Perkins poses for portrait with protective equipment, including a reusable face shield her husband constructed from household items at their home in Milton, MA on March 24, 2020. (Dr. Elissa Perkins, an emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center, and on the fears of working on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic without adequate PPE, or personal protective equipment, to keep her and her colleagues from getting sick.) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Boston, MA - 3/23/20: A nearly empty Boston Commons on March 23, 2020 during the COVID-19 outbreak. (Blake Nissen/For The Boston Globe)

BOSTON - 3/25/2020: A discarded latex glove lies in the street near Back Bay on Wednesday evening. Proper safety gear has been in high-demand all across Boston as the coronavirus spreads across the New England area. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

BOSTON - 3/28/2020: Father Richard Flaherty stands for a portrait while peering through the door of the St. Anthony Shrine in downtown Boston. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

North Adams, MA 4/8/2020: Founding Director of Mass MoCA Joseph Thompson, photographed in the shuttered Hunter Center for the Performing Arts at Mass MoCA, recently wrote a dire letter to supporters explaining just how exposed it is to closure -- far more than university museums and older institutions with historic endowments to lean on due to the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic. The muesum is currently closed. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)

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