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Given the long incubation period of the coronavirus, it can be difficult to say which events cause a massive spread in the community. Still, a family in the Chicago area is using their fatal slip as a warning for others to be more vigilant. Mike and Carol Bruno died ten days after coronavirus complications after watching their son’s haircut at their daughter’s house a few days before Thanksgiving.
“We never thought it would happen to our family, and it did. This virus is really ruthless and attacks in very cruel ways, ”son Joe Bruno told WECT.
The virus started to spread to the family after a haircut on November 20. Bruno’s sister, who had tested negative for the virus a few days earlier, cut her hair at her home and brought her mother along.
“My sister works at a beauty salon, so just before Thanksgiving, my sister took a COVID test and was negative. She was quarantined for three or four days after she tested negative. I needed to cut my hair, and she said, ‘Well, why don’t I just go through and cut your hair, so you don’t have to go into the salon?’ ”, Explained Bruno.
He went on to say that they took several precautions to avoid contracting the virus.
“I didn’t hug my mother. I didn’t hug my sister. My sister cut my hair. It was masked and all the windows were open. We stayed away from my apartment and then they left, ”said Bruno. “They lasted about 40 to 45 minutes. Later that night, my sister started experiencing symptoms. About three days later, I started to feel the symptoms. “
In all, six members of Bruno’s extended family fell ill with COVID-19. Mike and Carol passed away earlier this month. Joe blames himself for the death of his parents.
“If I had made that sacrifice and, you know, it hadn’t been 30 to 40 minutes with my mom, they would still be here,” said Bruno.