A house party linked to 50 new COVID cases among people age 15 to 19. An LBI party that sidelined nearly three dozen lifeguards. A Long Island July 4 bash that sickened one in five attendees. And officials haven't begun to estimate how many may have gotten sick at a 700-person party that took cops hours to break up.
These are all real-life scenarios in New Jersey and New York this month alone — dangerous examples of individuals flaunting social distancing, mask and other COVID rules that the states' governors warn could upend months-long progress.
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