https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/23/us/texas-town-covid-outbreak/index.html

ByRosa FloresandAshley Killough, CNN

Updated 10:37 AM ET, Mon August 23, 2021

Iraan, Texas (CNN)From the front lawn of her friend’s house, Vicky Zapata went live on Facebook recently and burst into tears, praying.”We ask you God, that you heal our town, Father, from this disease,” Zapata said in the livestream.

Inside the house, looking out through the glass front door, was her friend Carla Balderas, who was quarantined due to Covid-19, along with her 9-year-old son Reinaldo. Missing was Carla’s husband Sammy. He was in the local hospital, fighting coronavirus.https://f213716631e44591722d7453589e6770.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

As Zapata panned the camera to show her surroundings, more than a dozen cars could be seen parked in front of the house, their occupants following the livestream from inside their vehicles, to be Covid safe.

Zapata reflected on that moment in an interview with CNN, describing it as a cry for mercy given…