'Don't be like my family': Fifteen relatives got Covid-19 after a small gathering

[babylonsister]

'Don't be like my family': Fifteen relatives got Covid-19 after a small gathering
"My family has taken every single precaution with the exception of one and that exception has cost us so much."
Nov. 25, 2020, 7:41 AM EST
By Meghan Holohan


The Aragonez family feels that they’re just like other families navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. They strictly followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention precautions, but after eight months, they ignored one rule and gathered in someone’s house. Now, they’re sharing their story in the hopes that others won’t make the same mistake.

“My family has taken every single precaution with the exception of one and that exception has cost us so much,” Alexa Aragonez, 26, of Arlington, Texas, told TODAY. “We’re not some family that is outside of the norm. Unfortunately, we are the norm. Families gather together because we’re tired. We want to return back to normal life. But we just can’t do that yet because the pandemic is not over.”

After an impromptu birthday party, 15 members of the Aragonez family tested positive for COVID-19, with Aragonez’s mother spending seven days in the hospital. The family recorded a video hoping that their experience with a family get-together would show how easily the coronavirus spreads.

“I am quite fortunate that I can say that I didn’t lose 15 members of my family,” Aragonez said. “A lot of people in this nation are not as fortunate."

A birthday party leads to numerous COVID-19 cases

Everyone in the family was careful to take the coronavirus restrictions seriously and wore masks and avoided going to bars or restaurants and skipped church services. That’s why, in part, they thought it would be safe to attend a birthday party.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/don-t-be-my-family-fifteen-relatives-got-covid-19-n1248878

[samnsara]

1. 15 ppl? im freaking out because in Jan we have ONE person coming to stay for the weekend....

....I havent had anyone in my house since March.


Crap.... no company cleaning was the one upside to Quarantine.

[Lucinda]

2. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[procon]

3. I'm very worried this will happen to my brother

and his wife. They both have significant pre-existing conditions, my brother has a heart defibrillator and is on oxygen. They are driving out of state to have Thanksgiving with their son and his family.

The son works at a university, his kids attend public schools, and no one wears masks or uses social distancing. No one is getting tested. They will be together for 3 days and plan on going shopping as well.

I've tried to talk them out of going, but they are convinced they will be safe and even if they do get infected Corid is not big deal as the news reports. Yes, everyone is a Trumper. I don't understand the blaise attitude to a deadly disease, but I've said my piece to no avail and there is nothing more I can do but worry about them all.

[babylonsister]

4. That really sucks, procon.

Maybe they need to be reminded of the 260K and counting deaths in the US. How people can think covid is not a big deal is beyond me. WHY do they think the news is reporting this then? I don't get it.

[Jirel]

5. 15 people isn't a small gathering.

Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

[Arazi]

6. And I don't believe them when they say no one broke pandemic protocols

Someone did.

Someone is lying. And that's the crux of this pandemic. Too many people aren't taking precautions

There you go. My addition to your Ted Talk 😪