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YetAnotherRDUGuy said:
"Public gatherings of three or more people occurring outside a single household"

You're family of 4 would be fine (if you lived in Roanoke Rapids) since they are a single household. The curfew wouldn't apply to them.
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To be fair that order isn't written well and it does prevent the gathering of 3 or more but sets no limits on the number indoors, which makes absolutely no sense.
 
Bham 99 said:
I was in Harris teeter tonight at 6pm. No registers open except the ones you scan yourself. Lines were backed up people were pissed. Someone said something to a manager and the manager told all of us that he can't find cashiers that will stay. He said they pay $16 an hour down here in Mount Pleasant. Crazy.crazy.
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Grocery stores are hiring but people are scared of working in a grocery store right now.
 
pcbjr said:
From the virus thread to here since this may be deemed "political" ... though I think not ...

Legally, how would it be enforced? Other than cutting off funds to state and local governments, how? And does anyone think funds are going to be cut off at this point? Not. So what is the legal mechanism for the Federal Government to order an IYBY shutdown? Short of constituting a monarchy or a dictatorship, the authority simply does not exist ... and good luck with that option ... ? ... ? ?
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Ive tried to explain this multiple times. Maybe folks will listen to you amigo!
 
metwannabe said:
To be fair that order isn't written well and it does prevent the gathering of 3 or more but sets no limits on the number indoors, which makes absolutely no sense.
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Yeah looking at this at midnight last night I was focused too much on the word outside, when it really meant public gatherings and basically public venues, not literally outside of your residence.
 
Not sure what thread to toss this into, but it's not good news. 701,000 jobs lost in March; Unemployment rate jumps from 3.5% to 4.4%.
www.yahoo.com

March jobs report: U.S. economy loses 701,000 payrolls, unemployment rate jumps to 4.4%

The Department of Labor released the March 2020 jobs report at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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This was the most striking thing out of this article to me.
The reference period for the March jobs report extended through the 12th of the month, meaning that the data was captured before much of the country went on lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Namely, this jobs report excludes the two-week period at the end of March that saw new unemployment claims skyrocket to a combined 9.9 million.
 
www.studyfinds.org

Hard times in age of coronavirus: Quarter of Americans have no emergency savings

A total of 1,100 Americans were polled, and one in four said they don't have any emergency savings at all. Another 23% only have enough to get by for three weeks.
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Yes any deaths from the virus are sad but I am just showing the other side of how sad it could get if this shutdown goes on past beginning of May. Honestly I don’t know if I would want to be president for what is probably going to be a Depression for many years.
 
www.arabnews.com

Social unrest rising as Italy’s lockdown enters 4th week

ROME: As Italy enters its fourth week under lockdown, tensions are building across the poorest southern regions of Campania, Calabria, Sicily and Puglia as people run out of food and money. The number of checkpoints has increased nationwide to discourage people from going out. But instead of...
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There were so many people in line at the SECU drivethru, the ECPD had blocked it off and weren’t allowing any traffic into the parking lot or drivethru lanes. This was at 1030 in the morning.
 
tramadoc said:
There were so many people in line at the SECU drivethru, the ECPD had blocked it off and weren’t allowing any traffic into the parking lot or drivethru lanes. This was at 1030 in the morning.
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Just another day around here. Social distancing/ stay at home fail.
 
Shaggy said:
Just another day around here. Social distancing/ stay at home fail.
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At least at the Credit Union it's all drive through, so long lines but in their cars which helps, it is essential... people just got paid, have to pay the bills, etc. Not everyone has gone online which obviously has it's on drawbacks. Nothing is easy any more.
 
Just talked to a buddy of mine with US Marshals Service. He said Eastern District of VA has shutdown the courthouse in Newport News for complete sanitizing. He doesn’t know if they will reopen it in the foreseeable future. He said they’ll use Alexandria, Norfolk, and Richmond.
 
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