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Through crinkly plastic, fierce embraces fight the loneliness of COVID-19 at a senior center

“For less than $100, our maintenance guys came up with this" - a square of PVC piping hung from the portico of one of the entrances, with clear shower curtains hung all the way around.

Gay Dixon hugs her son, Gary Witzenburg, through a “hugging wall” at the Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay retirement community in Virginia Beach.
Gay Dixon hugs her son, Gary Witzenburg, through a “hugging wall” at the Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay retirement community in Virginia Beach.Read moreParker Michels-Boyce/For The Washington Pos
    by Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post
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