Three members of the Texas family are now hospitalized, including two elderly family members and one woman battling breast cancer.
for COVID-19 — and that number is now at 18. Barbosa says it began with a nephew of his who had a slight cough, but didn’t think he was ill with the virus. He attended the party regardless, and even though many family members say they stayed socially distant — it wasn’t enough.
A total of 25 people attended, and not all of them arrived and stayed for the same duration. “When people started getting sick, we really let everyone have it,” Barbosa said. “We knew this was going to happen, I mean this whole time this has been going on we’ve been terrified.”
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