How can we honor those that we've lost? Remember them. When Covid-19 began tearing across the U.S. in March 2020, Alex Goldstein started posting on Twitter the pictures and stories of people who had died from the disease. He was worried the spreading virus might mean months of trouble, sickness, and sadness, and wanted to stay connected to the humanity of the loss.
More than two years later, as the U.S. marks the grim milestone of 1 million people dead from Covid-19, Goldstein is still at it. The account, @FacesOfCovid, has now memorialized more than 7,000 people — parents and grandparents, children and siblings, Special Olympians, health care workers, barbers, teachers, bus drivers, Holocaust survivors, security guards, and more.
Listen Now “If we can see ourselves in some of these stories, that experience of empathy can actually help be the solution,” Goldstein said. Like what you hear? Subscribe to The First Opinion Podcast on your favorite platform. New episodes are released every Wednesday morning. | 
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