The Globe photographersâ best photos of 2020
Discover the stories behind some of the most memorable images from a long year.
By Boston Globe photo staff as told to Melissa Schorr,Updated December 24, 2020, 10:08 a.m.
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Barry Chin
October 23 / Brockton â What weâre living through now with the pandemic is going down in history, so it was extremely important to be out there covering it. I was actually on assignment to shoot a high school lacrosse game when I saw these two empty COVID-19 testing tents. Right before dusk, a few cars drove up and I jumped out of my car and shot a few frames. The color balance from the lighting mixed with sunset gave it that weird glow. It looked like science fiction; it looked otherworldly. âBarry Chin
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BRITISH INVASION This isn’t the first time the Covid-19 virus has mutated.
In February, the virus strain that spread in Europe had more than a dozen mutations to the spike protein, which the virus uses to enter cells. It’s highly contagious and quickly became the dominant form of Covid.
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Ad26.COV2.S. Clinical trials showed that a single dose of the vaccine had an efficacy rate of 72 percent in the United States, and a lower efficacy in countries where more contagious variants are widespread. The vaccine has been authorized for emergency use by the European Union, the United States and other countries. Janssen Pharmaceutica, a Belgium-based division of Johnson & Johnson, is developing the vaccine in collaboration with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. A Piece of the Coronavirus The SARS-CoV-2 virus is studded with proteins that it uses to enter human cells. These so-called spike proteins make a tempting target for potential vaccines and treatments.
73-year-old Brighton woman dies after being pulled from Charles River
By Emily Sweeney and Ivy Scott Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated December 16, 2020, 1:06 p.m.
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A 73-year-old Brighton woman died Wednesday after Boston firefighters pulled her out of the Charles River, officials said.
David Procopio, a spokesman for the State Police, said at approximately 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, police, firefighters, and EMTs responded to a report of an unresponsive person in the water on the Boston side of the river near the the Anderson Memorial Bridge, which connects North Harvard Street in Allston to Cambridge.
The woman, who was not identified, was pulled out of the water and taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Procopio said.