This was a sad month. I saw my first COVID deaths, I saw the only human connection people could have was through cars. I had to tell a woman I couldn’t hug her at her loved one’s funeral because I was going to nursing homes and couldn’t risk spreading it and I was also afraid of catching it. I’ve never turned a hug away from a crying person. That hit the hardest.
A mourner goes through a drive-thru funeral reception held for Ben Rogers, the Boy Scout Troop leader who passed away from the COVID-19. The reception was held at Rafferty Funeral Home in Moline, April 9, 2020.
Moline Public Library Librarian Anita Mehuys, makes a heart with her hands with tears in her eyes while cars filled with library supporters do a drive-thru and wave to all of libraries staff outside, April 21, 2020. Supporters came out due to Moline opting to cut funding of its public library, closed services while furloughing all of its library employees as the city struggles financially during the COVID-19 crisis.
Residents of Friendship Manor and their health care workers stand outside an watch as One Human Family Forms Care-A-Van drive by as a thanks to the Health Care Workers in Rock Island, April 22, 2020.