Donna Connerly, 64, wears a protective makeshift mask made from her son’s sock in Harker Heights, Tx on Monday, April 20, 2020. “I grew up making my own stuff,” Connerly said.
Xavier Byrd, 7, foreground, and his father Whitney Byrd, 32, wears protective masks and gloves outside of Aldis grocery store in Killeen, Tx on Friday, April 10, 2020. “I got a phone call about my cousin who died from Corona a couple days ago at the age of 13 in Chicago. That woke me up, I decided that I was going to take every precaution to protect my family,” Whitney said.
Antwoine Walker, 35, who refers to himself as booqbaag, wears a zebra printed handkerchief to protect himself from the COVID-19 virus in Kileen, Tx on Thursday, April 23, 2020.
Jorge Carrizalez, 27, wears a fishing face mask outside of Aldis grocery store in Kileen, Tx on April 19, 2020. “With the shortage of masks going on, I think it‘s best if they are saved for medical professionals," Carrizalez said.
Scott Maschek, 43, left, and his brother Anthony Maschek, 37, pause for a portrait outside of HEB grocery store in Harker Heights, Tx on April 14, 2020. “People are wearing medical masks and they are creating a sense of fear why not wear something that creates enjoyment,” Scott said.
Glenn Macabitas, 37, is seen holding his customer’s groceries outside of HEB grocery store in Harker Heights, Tx on Monday, April 13, 2020. “Some of my customers have auto immune deficiencies and they are so happy when I arrive, it shows in the tips,” Macabitas said. Macabitas is a grocery delivery service worker.
Adrianna Espinoza, 10, right, holds her younger sister Penelope Espinoza, 4, outside of Aldis grocery store in Kileen, Tx on April 19, 2020. Their masks were repurposed from a head scarf their mother bought earlier in the year.
Colonel Hodges, 61, left, embraces his nephew Zamarion Bradford, 5, outside of HEB grocery store in Kileen, Tx on April 18, 2020.
Mark Steenland, 35, wears a makeshift mask outside of HEB grocery store in Harker Heights, Tx on Friday, April 10, 2020. His mother and law made the mask from a Crown Royal liquor bag after several of his own attempts were uncomfortable. “I have a newborn at home and I don’t want to bring nothing home to him,” Steenland said.
Bob Bower, 79, wears a painters mask to protect himself outside of HEB grocery store in Harker Heights, Tx on Friday, April 10, 2020. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that older adults seem to be at higher risk for developing more serious complications from COVID-19 illness.