EMTs wheel a patient into Mass General Hospital in April during the pandemic shutdown.Stan Grossfeld/Globe staff / File
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When the coronavirus crisis engulfed Massachusetts in March, shuttering businesses and sending people scurrying behind closed doors, it quickly became clear that many workers would have to continue reporting to their jobs to keep society from collapsing: Doctors. Nurses. Health care support staff. Farmers. Seafood processors. Grocery store workers. Police officers. Firefighters. Teachers. Child-care providers. Pharmacy clerks. Bus drivers. Flight attendants. Package deliverers. Bank employees. Homeless shelter staff. Funeral directors. Grave diggers.