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Chloe Aftel

I was the first photographer to gain access to how Covid was spreading in California, visiting the hardest hit one in the Bay Area. Spending days floating around the hospital, from ER wards to Covid rooms and everything in between.

The Chronicle
Chloe Aftel

Many of those hardest hit by Covid have been forgotten, especially those living on the streets. Places to stay are closed, food is in short supply and medical care is harder to get. San Francisco set up a wet hotel to help those with possible infection to recover in a warm, safe place.