Pittsboro, NC – As of Thursday, June 10, 35,992 Chatham County residents had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, marking 48% of the county’s population; 33,438 are fully vaccinated, making up 45% of the county’s population. Even…
By Kevin Roche The sudden reversal of opinion on whether or not CV-19 might have been created in and escaped from a Chinese lab should be a stark warning to us that at least in the US, you can’t trust…
By Donna King Raleigh, NC – It has been 450 days since Gov. Roy Cooper put North Carolina under a state-of-emergency order due to the COVID pandemic. State lawmakers are demanding concrete information on when it will end. On Tuesday,…
Pittsboro, NC – Beginning July 1, 2021, the Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) will no longer be a primary care provider (medical home) for children. This change, which was approved by the Chatham County Board of Health at its…
By Jon Sanders Raleigh, NC – Today North Carolina should hit a new threshold in the Covid-19 era: over a million confirmed cases since the pandemic began. But North Carolina may already be at a more important threshold: herd immunity.…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department continues to encourage Chatham County residents to take advantage of the many COVID-19 vaccination opportunities across the county. By visiting myspot.nc.gov, residents can put in their city or ZIP code and…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County residents aged 12 and up are all now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and there are plenty of free and convenient options across the county. According to data from the NC Department of Health…
By Kevin Roche Thanks to Youyang Gu on Twitter. As I have said, better to use mask wearing behavior than mask mandates, although there likely is a correlation between the two. Pretty clear the COVID-19 virus doesn’t care about masks…
By Kevin Roche This chart, courtesy Phil Kerpen on Twitter, is useful for a number of purposes. It age-adjusts deaths in the states. One very interesting thing is notice the states clustered in the far north on each coast. Some…
Pittsboro, NC – The COVID-19 vaccine is now widely available in Chatham County, with a new site beginning operation next week in Goldston. According to data from the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), 34,350 Chatham residents have…