CORNING, Calif. —
Sonia Bravo lives with her family off a gravel road near the Sacramento River, on a tranquil two acres where they can hear roosters crowing and gaze at snow-capped Mt. Shasta in the distance.
As urban areas locked down last spring and people got sick and died from the coronavirus, they felt far removed.
“We had a mindset like, ‘We’re not going to get it. That’s just in the cities,’” said Bravo, 34.
How she wishes that had been true.
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Last summer, everyone in the house Bravo shares with eight family members got COVID-19: Bravo, her husband, her 7-year-old twin boys. Her mom and dad. Her two sisters. Her brother.