Collected Item: “North Texas family shaken after 18 relatives test positive for COVID-19 following family gathering”
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North Texas family shaken after 18 relatives test positive for COVID-19 following family gathering
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At about five months into the pandemic in the U.S. almost all states have lifted their stay at home order and many people are going back to business as usual. One north Texas family held a surprise 30th birthday party. The host, who thought his cough was due to working construction, unknowingly infected 7 people at the party of 25 attendees. Those seven people went on to infect others in the family and now 18 within the family are positive for covid. Within the family are also a couple, one an EMT and the other a doctor, who both refused to go to the party.
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surprise party, Carrolton, Texas, birthday, cancer, chemo, plasma
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https://www.kens5.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?fbclid=IwAR0ndms3jQDEFJLg3XIaPCeV5xHHgYSGef1NPa2crBf1spXO6GLL1PsDkg4
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Matt Howerton
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2020-06-24