Nurse Jackie Vargas, left, is reflected in a glass door as she walks to her mother, Rose Matute, to pick up lunch for her children playing in their grandmother's pool in Lakewood, Calif., Saturday, July 11, 2020. The 39-year-old nurse, who works in St. Jude Medical Center's COVID-19 unit, doesn't hug her mother-in-law, who is taking care of her children. Through a glass door, she visits her own mom. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
August 17, 2020
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August 17, 2020 12:37 p.m.
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