A Texas family is using their personal experience to warn others against gathering for celebrations ahead of Thanksgiving after 12 of them allegedly contracted coronavirus at a birthday dinner held earlier this month, eventually spreading it to three others who didn’t go to the party.
Alexa Aragonez, who according to the Star-Telegram works for the city of Arlington's department of communication and legislative affairs, said she dropped off her 57-year-old mother at their relative's house but didn't attend the party herself.
Aragonez, who was not one of the 15 diagnosed with COVID-19, said the family figured that since everyone was feeling healthy and keeping within the COVID-19 social guidelines, gathering to share a meal would be safe..