Barth’s friend Chloe Weber lost her father, Richard, to the virus just as cases in New York City began to spike. He died just after midnight on March 19, joining 230 others in New York City who died of covid-19. He said the doctor told him not to come in or the entire medical staff would have to go into quarantine. (Lila Barth)A sign demands social distancing in an Edison park. (Lila Barth)A shuttered storefront around the corner from Richard Weber’s apartment on the Upper East Side of New York.

Source: Washington Post June 29, 2020 09:56 UTC