According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Background Check System, firearm background checks soared over 3 million in March and May of 2020. According to the data, the last time the FBI recorded 3 million checks was December of 2015. ... See MoreSee Less
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July 2016. Pittsboro police put up orange cones and yellow police tape to keep disgruntled Chatham farmers from parking their tractors on the historic Courthouse lawn in Pittsboro? ... See MoreSee Less
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Chatham County Council on Aging's cover photo ... See MoreSee Less
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Do we really need to be hateful?We are asking everyone to wear a mask... while interacting with staaff to order or transversing the room to go to the bathroom... that’s it.. once you are at a table, take it off: do we know for 💯 that the science is sound? No... do we think it’s possibly a way to keep us and you safe? Yes... if you don’t want to wear it, please , don’t come. If you want to treat my staff this way call me and we can chat:
Seth
•since this has been shared so much, I am removing my phone number.
• Merrick and Holly were on duty if you want to give them an elbow bump and say you appreciate them...
•thanks for all the support, I am probably gonna leave this up til tomorrow and then delete it, ... See MoreSee Less
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Possible Solution for Getting Kids Back to School
Melanie Elsey, national legislative director for the American Policy Roundtable, thinks she may have a solution.
During the nonprofit public policy group’s COVID briefing on Thursday, Elsey said, “There’s a time crunch now because school is starting and parents are panicking because they want their children back in school.”
“There really isn’t any reason to not put children back in school since they are not the vulnerable population,” said Elsey, a former educator. “Teachers, though, are saying, ‘What if we are at risk? What if we’re the ones who catch the disease?'”
“My solution is that schools should put everyone back—five days a week—in the classroom, business as usual,” she said. “If a parent is concerned, allow that child to do distance learning. If a teacher has a concern for their own health, let that teacher be the one who teaches the distance learning. Assign the teachers who have concerns to the distance learning.”
That seems like a perfectly reasonable solution, doesn’t it? The people who are frightened and want to exercise extra caution can stay home, while those who think it’s safe to return to school can do so.
While Hill says older students might be able to handle remote learning, she thinks younger students, especially those in urban schools like the one where she teaches, “would feel more emotional stability if they could return to school full-time.”
“I know that some of the older people on staff in our building, especially those who are either immune-deficient in some way or have family members at greater risk do not want to return to their classrooms,” Hill said.
“I do think parents should be given options. If parents can provide a safe and stable environment that allows their student to work at home and desires to keep their child home to learn remotely they should have that right.” And teachers who don’t feel safe due to true health concerns “should be given the privilege to teach those students who will learn remotely.”
Sure, there will need to be some shuffling if some teachers remain at home while others return to the classroom. The regular first-grade teacher who decides she’s not ready to return to school might find herself with a fourth-grade online class—or a mixed-age class—but with a little flexibility and creativity it could be done.
The extraordinary times we live in call for outside-the-box solutions. Now’s as good a time as any—better, perhaps—to rethink the way we educate our children and to look for creative solutions to deal with the issues we face. ... See MoreSee Less
100% Coronavirus survival rate for those under 50 in Chatham County
Here's an analysis of the numbers in Chatham County based on the data available at covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/outbreaks-and-clusters
Let's look at the Chatham County numbers by age group using 7.10.20 data
0-17 years old: 0 deaths out of 103 cases = 0% death rate
18-24 years old: 0 deaths out of 93 cases = 0% death rate
25-49 years old: 0 deaths out of 414 cases = 0% death rate
50-64 years old: 2 deaths out of 197 cases = 1% death rate
65-74 years old: 13 deaths out of 93 cases = 14% death rate
75+ years old: 29 deaths out of 135 cases = 21.5% death rate
If you look at the coronavirus data for Chatham County since 3.1.20 (over 4 months) you can probably deduce that the death rate for those under 50 that tested positive for coronavirus have had a 100% survival rate
Those between 50 to 64 years of age have a 1% death rate
The most vulnerable ones are those over the age of 64
42 deaths out of 228 cases = 18% death rate ... See MoreSee Less
