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,…
By Steve Murphy Raleigh, NC – Until we had vaccines, the age stratification of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths was pronounced and heavily weighted to the older (65+) population. In North Carolina, this age group contributed to over 70% of the…
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – It seems Gov. Roy Cooper doesn’t get out much, meaning outside North Carolina. A quick trip to South Carolina, for instance, would show a sense of freedom unavailable — from my experience — in…
By Kevin Roche Not much research, I am in the rare position of being largely caught up. So maybe a little recapitulation of the epidemic, which has gone on for over a year in this country. First a quick…
Pittsboro, NC – As 2020 turns into 2021, the Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) is hard at work sharing information and updates about the COVID-19 vaccine and giving the vaccine to those in the first priority group like healthcare…
By Kevin Roche Here is the latest big picture on the coronavirus pandemic, which I do every now and then because there are new readers and there are occasional developments. The Pathogen. It is really hard to figure out…