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Coronavirus was something that happened to other people, a 21-year-old Nashville, Tenn., woman said recently in a video to her followers online.

Two days later, Ireland Tate learned she was wrong — she tested positive for the virus, also known as COVID-19.

Now she’s quarantined inside her parents’ home with painful symptoms and is urging other young adults to take the virus threat seriously.

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“While it may not be affecting you, you could be affecting someone’s grandma or grandpa or aunt or uncle or sister,” Tate said, according to FOX 17 of Nashville.

Previously, Tate had scoffed online about the idea of social distancing – staying at least six feet away from others to avoid either catching the virus or spreading it …continued .
[Source: Fox News]