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Florida teen met friends against family’s wishes. Now dad has COVID-19, fighting for his life
new coronavirus.By then, it already had taken hold in the young man’s household.The man’s father, John Place, 42, is now fighting the virus at a hospital’s intensive care unit.The illness’s spread among members of the Plantation, Fla., family highlights the outcome dreaded by authorities who feared the recent surge of cases hitting younger Floridians would spread to older, more vulnerable people.“They don’t necessarily listen. It could be peer pressure,” said Zymet, 42.“Maybe they think, None of us are sick.