FILE PHOTO: Jeremy Bell, Interim Director of Community Regional Transportation, poses for a photo in Choctaw, Mississippi, U.S. March 7, 2022. Bell lost more than 30 family members from COVID. "I stopped counting after 30," he said. He also lost many friends, co-workers, and passengers who rode the buses he manages. He had COVID earlier this year, but it was a mild case. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn
