A University of Vermont Medical Center staffer taking temperatures before media members tour a COVID-19 overflow facility at Patrick Gymnasium on April 7 Credit: James Buck
Workers preparing to screen visitors at Patrick Gymnasium Credit: James Buck
Media gathered — at a safe distance — for the tour of the gym Credit: James Buck
WCAX photographer Shelly Holt Allen, who recovered from COVID-19, films at the gym Credit: James Buck
The nurses’ station at the COVID-19 overflow site Credit: James Buck
Supplies stockpiled at the overflow site Credit: James Buck
A birds-eye view of the beds in Patrick Gymnasium Credit: James Buck
Dwight DeCoster preparing meals at Feeding Chittenden in Burlington Credit: James Buck
Thron Crowe readies meal boxes for delivery Credit: James Buck
Phoebe Laidley-Collias, a Community Kitchen Academy graduate, peels carrots. Masks can get damp and cause glasses to fog. Credit: File: James Buck
Signs remind Feeding Chittenden volunteers to keep six feet apart. Credit: James Buck
Essential workers prep 300-400 meals a day. Grocery stores and restaurants have donated large amounts of food. Credit: James Buck
Galen Blodgett from Spectrum Youth & Family Services loads boxes of meals. Recipients get two meals a day delivered to their residences or hotel rooms. Credit: James Buck
Seven Days circulation manager Matt Weiner (right) and others loading papers Credit: James Buck
Joe Bouffard poses with his van full of Seven Days bundles. Credit: James Buck
Photographer James Buck captured himself doing his thing at a loading dock with Seven Days workers. Credit: James Buck
Matt Hagen tossing papers into a van Credit: James Buck
Mail carrier John Rovnak works on mostly empty streets in the Old North End. Credit: James Buck
Rovnak parks his truck and loads up mail at an isolated spot. Credit: James Buck
Mail carriers have a button advising others about social distancing Credit: James Buck
Rovnak says the streets are peaceful and people are generally friendly — silver linings to the pandemic. Credit: James Buck

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James Buck is a multimedia journalist for Seven Days.