Vanished

As the months passed, people began disappearing. Chairs once occupied by garment workers inside the Los Angeles Apparel factory sat empty. Rumors circulated about how the missing workers had gotten sick, or even died, of COVID-19.Mariana, a 56-year-old woman from El Salvador, felt afraid every day. She said workers like herself received little or delayed…

The company’s orchestra offered prestige and job security. But the pandemic has upended hundreds of lives.Hugo Valverde, a horn player for the Metropolitan Opera, in Costa Rica, where he has relocated while furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic.Credit...Celina ValverdeJune 19, 2020Updated 4:02 p.m. ETHugo Valverde didn’t think he’d make it when he auditioned for the…