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A N.J. nurse and six of her family members have COVID-19. And it began with a small act of kindness

By CNN  
   December 03, 2020

New Jersey nurse Sofia Burke said it took one family member letting their guard down "for one second" for Covid-19 to infect seven of the eight people in her household. Burke spoke with CNN's Don Lemon through an oxygen mask Wednesday. She said she had been treating coronavirus patients throughout the pandemic, but now she and members of her family -- from her 2-year-old diabetic daughter to her now-deceased 98-year-old father -- are among the more than 13.9 million people who have been infected with the coronavirus in the United States.

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