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Kristina Libby,
The Floral Heart Project on the Brooklyn Bridge. Photo by Erica Reade Images @ericareadeimages/Floral Heart Project @lightvslight.
New Yorker Kristina Libby began placing heart-shaped flower wreaths in prominent sites across the city last April, when the first wave of the pandemic was at its terrifying height.
“I laid a heart because I was grieving and I wanted to do something to recognize our losses,” the artist said in a statement. “Community matters now more than ever, and one way we can grow community is by grieving together.”
The project has since blossomed into something greater. On March 1, volunteers created
By Dr. Christine Ritchie’s estimate, about 2 million people in the United States are homebound, and an additional 5 million have trouble leaving home or need help doing so.
Yet those millions of people “tend to be
sort of invisible to society,” said Ritchie, a professor at Harvard Medical School.
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They can’t drive through mass vaccination sites or stand in line outside clinics. Even if they secure a coveted appointment spot, they can’t leave their house to get there.
Now there are doctors and nurses racing against traffic, inclement weather and a ticking clock to get to them.
Meet Madeleine Fugate. When a lot of 14-year-olds are busy with school, sports, music, social media, tv Madeleine is busy documenting the historic loss of life during the Covid-19 pandemic. Madeleine says she plans to make this a life long work, telling the stories of the lives lost in the pandemic, one square at a time.
It was an idea that started as a school project and quickly grew. With inspiration coming from her mom, who worked on the AIDS Memorial Quilt that was displayed on the National Mall in Washington D.C.