EditorialJoshua Berrios, puts on protective gear ahead of transferring a COVID-19 positive patient from an assisted living home in West Covina, Calif. to a nursing home in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, Dec. 9, 2020. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialLynn Peffer, wearing gloves that allow her to handle ultra cold materials, holds two vials of the Pfizer-BioNTECH COVID-19 vaccine in the pharmacy at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center system in Pittsburgh on Dec. 14, 2020. (Kristian Thacker/The New York Times)
EditorialLynn Peffer, wearing gloves that allow her to handle ultra cold materials, holds two vials of the Pfizer-BioNTECH COVID-19 vaccine in the pharmacy at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Pittsburgh. (Kristian Thacker/The New York Times)
EditorialA member of the Army National Guard wears gloves at a rapid COVID-19 testing station at TF Green Airport in Warwick, R.I., on Nov. 28, 2020. (Philip Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialRoy Lee-Bey, who works delivering bottled water while wearing a mask and gloves, in the Mount Hope neighborhood in the west Bronx, June 6, 2020. (Al J. Thompson/The New York Times)
EditorialPedestrians look at gloves for sale in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, Monday, May 4, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialItaly: The statue of Saint Gennaro, that traditionally should have been carried in procession in downtown with the participation of thousands of faithfuls on the first saturday of may, is displayed in an empty Duomo