MY HOPE FOR AMERICA: THAT THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT. By Bill Russell THE BOSTON GLOBE | JUNE 21, 2020 FOR THOSE STRIVING TO SAVE LIVES FOR THOSE KEEPING US GOING FOR THOSE FIGHTING FOR A BETTER FUTURE THANK YOU JUNE 21, 2020 1 We believe Massachusetts General Hospital Brigham and Women’s Hospital in each Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital Community Physicians Organization other. Cooley Dickinson Hospital HealthCare at Home And the results Martha’s Vineyard Hospital are unbelievable. Massachusetts Eye and Ear McLean Hospital Thank you to all the people who continue to Nantucket Cottage Hospital come together from across our system, working wherever and however the situation Newton-Wellesley Hospital demands. We appreciate your commitment to North Shore Medical Center each other and to the people and communities Spaulding Rehabilitation Network we serve. 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I like that he was not too taught for several years Life After Lockdown afraid to show his soul when at two universities, and I’ve In his Perspective article he wrote. Now we can all en- run into many of his former (“The Lockdown Is Ending. joy his fabulous work thanks talented Scott was, and how tests (Connections, May 10). students who still remem- Is the Damage Worse Than to those who collected his his Charlestown roots and She was very unsure of this ber the jokes and puns he the Disease?” May 31), Tom writings and his publisher. his vision of life shaped his process—and I rewarded cracked in class. They too Keane rightly points out Nancy Katz love and friendships. her by getting in an accident settled in the Midwest. many of the knock-on ef- Belmont Franklin Gerechter on the way home from a Sadly, my father passed fects of COVID-19 that will Los Angeles successful driving exam. awayjustas2020dawned. have folks reeling for years. I was aware of Harney’s “Gun it,” Betsy. I look back and think of the Educational backslides and work as a poet as he oc- Lessons From the Road David Maynard timing as merciful—unlike lost economic opportuni- casionally read selected Thank you to Betsy Hollis, New Hampshire Huang’s father, we were ties are indeed devastating. segments to me. I was never Vereckey for reminding me able to have a proper funer- But in blaming “Draconian” sure why he did not make of wonderful memories of Importance of al. I want to thank Huang lockdown measures for more of an attempt to get my mom and her ability Immigrants’ Stories for telling his dad’s story. these damages, he ignores them published. However, to conquer her shortcom- The article by Gregory T. It’s very representative of so the fact that such socioeco- now [with their publica- ings, especially driving and Huang (“Love and Loss in many unheralded contribu- nomic inequities have long tion], people will see how helping us “kids” pass our the Age of COVID-19,” May tions, and the far-reaching been entrenched in our PHOTOGRAPH FROM GREGORY T. HUANG Behind every doctor, every nurse, everyhealthcareprofessional, arethosewhokeepusgoing. To essential workers everywhere: thank you for the difference you have made in this fight. We extend our deepest gratitude to you today and every day. JUNE 21, 2020 5 Our Experience Has Made the Difference society; COVID-19 has sim- premature reopening is Thank You ply shined an extra-bright even more obvious—not to to All our spotlight on them. If staying mention more severe and home for a few months can certainly “impossible to fix.” Healthcare wreak so much havoc on a Keane laments, “Teenagers Heroes! society...then something and college students are is wrong with that society. missing activities such as A return to normalcy is not dances, sports, and dating.” whatweneed.Weneed But what kind of society to build back better and deems this worse than old address the systemic faults people missing years of life? that left so many people As for inequality, premature vulnerable in the first place. reopening endangers poor Dani Murphy old people much more than Brooklyn, New York rich ones. 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He writes, “The 8-year-old grandson has harm to children is obvi- been able to bond with ous.” But the harm to old his 2-year-old sister in a 352 Massachusetts Ave at St Botolph Street, Boston people who will die from CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Thank You. SCOTTIES® Facial Tissues wants to thank all the workers of the Retail, Healthcare,Trucking, and Safety sectors that are on the frontlines everyday providing for us and keeping us safe.