November 21, 2020
Charlotte - Researchers with Harvard University (click here) say nearly half of North Carolina’s counties need to enact stay-at-home orders immediately.
The Harvard Global Health Institute maps the COVID-19 risk state-by-state and county-by-county.
States with more than 25 cases per 100,000 people are listed in the “red zone” a category researchers say requires immediate lockdowns.
Two-thirds of the counties in the greater Charlotte area are currently in the red zone.
Others, like Mecklenburg and Iredell, are listed in the “orange zone” which calls for rigorous test and trace programs to be implemented.
For small business owners, like the Bost family which owns Cabo Winery in Concord, who worry about public health and their own economic future, they find themselves in a tough spot.
“I think we do need to do a lockdown. But not to the extent we did the first time,” said Kendall Bost....
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