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North Texas family shaken after 18 relatives test positive for COVID-19 following surprise birthday party
Three are now hospitalized, including two elderly family members and one woman battling breast cancer.
Author: Matt Howerton
Published: 10:11 PM CDT June 24, 2020
Updated: 10:29 PM CDT June 24, 2020
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CARROLLTON, Texas As North Texas watches COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge, one family is shouldering a health crisis that they never expected to face.
That crisis, all began on May 30 when just a single relative, unknowingly infected with COVID-19, interacted with seven family members at a surprise birthday party.
Those seven family members then contracted and spread the virus to 10 other relatives.
Now, Ron Barbosa is keeping track of 18 people in his family who have tested positive for COVID-19.
More at Link:
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/north-texas-family-shaken-after-18-relatives-test-positive-for-covid-19-following-surprise-birthday-party/287-ea8960ea-4c3c-40c1-b75e-f4437fe6f836
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)StarryNite
(9,446 posts)Social distancing has been kept a secret. How could they have known?
Baitball Blogger
(46,719 posts)Didn't Dr. Birx use that excuse?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)Aristus
(66,380 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But they can tell you all kinds of stuff about the Devil's Mask and Hillary's emails.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)I told a friend about this shampoo (Infected them with COVID) and they told (infected) two friends and they told (infected) two friends and so on and so on and so on...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)I don't know if I'd ever be able to forgive my relatives for having that party and effectively killing my parents.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Alacritous Crier
(3,816 posts)there is going to be a lot more of this in the coming months.
The stupid... IT HURTS!!
crickets
(25,981 posts)is that this is only the spread within the family. The birthday trimmings didn't materialize out of thin air, the family members who tested positive went on with their daily lives until they became ill and got tested, perhaps involving a trip to the grocery store or whatever. Who knows how many other people were infected? And those people are in contact with family at home and others as they go about their daily lives, so how many have they infected? And so on.
It's the perfect teaching moment to discuss contact tracing, how it works, how to get involved, and how important it is in stopping the spread and saving lives.
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