KevinMD December 16, 2025
Standing in the middle of the parking lot of the Berkeley 2000 Recreation Center in February 2021, Molly Humphreys, in a single frame, captures an important moment in the public’s collective health, though it can be easily missed if we don’t pause and absorb its significance. In the chaos of 2025, it would be careless to not linger on this image.
A masked man greets the viewer and, without close viewing, it is easy to overlook who he is, what he is doing, and why he matters. In the background, three soldiers are also wearing masks and, while it is obvious this photograph is taken somewhere in America, generic orange traffic cones and asphalt do not differentiate which state this...







