Private Story
Video call at ICU
- Title of Work: Family video call
- Publication Outlet (if published): NRC Handelsblad
- Publication Date (if published): May 4, 2020
- Creation Date (if unpublished)
- Photo Description: Maria Gonzalez talks to her brother and watches her father over a video call at their restaurant in Columbus Junction, Iowa on Monday, May 4, 2020. Gonzalez's father, who was a Tyson Foods employee, fell ill with COVID-19 and is on a ventilator. Gonzalez said everyone in her family, including her parents, children and in-laws contracted the virus after her husband José Gonzalez, a maintenance worker at Tyson Foods, tested positive in March 29 during an outbreak at the facility.
- Impact Statement: The photo is part of a story about Covid outbreaks in meat factories in Iowa and how it affected its employees and their family members.