Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan made a guest appearance at the Gov. Roy Cooper COVID-19 virtual press conference on Monday, Nov. 23.
Vaughan was evidently invited to the show because on Friday, Nov. 20, Vaughan issued an emergency declaration stating that Greensboro was going to begin enforcing the current statewide COVID-19 restrictions ordered by Cooper.
Cooper, in response to several questions from the media, indicated that the state had no specific plans to begin enforcement of the executive orders that he has put in place, with executive order number 180 being issued prior to the press conference on Monday, Nov. 23 and goes into effect on Wednesday Nov. 25. Greensboro was also the only city mentioned that has started its own enforcement of the state mandates.
According to the state’s new color-coded alert system, last week Guilford County was yellow, which is “significant,” but by the time of the press conference Guilford County was in red, which indicates “critical.” The alert map according to Cooper was updated early for the press conference.
Vaughan said that she made the decision to issue the emergency declaration because of the increasing number of hospitalizations in Greensboro. Vaughan said the number of people being hospitalized for COVID-19 was doubling every 27 days.
Vaughan said that according to Cone Health, 230 people in Guilford County had died from COVID-19 an,d “At the rate we are going they predict we could have 100 more by end of this year.”
She said one reason the decision was made to enforce civil penalties for violating the COVID-19 executive orders because, “We were also challenged by using law enforcement to enforce the order since their resources were already stretched thin.”
Vaughan said that in Greensboro city employees from code enforcement, special events and parking enforcing would be tasked with enforcing the COVID-19 executive orders.
The civil penalty for businesses that are over the reduced capacity limits is a fine of $100 for each person they are over the limit. Businesses found in violation can also be closed from 24 to 72 hours for those violations
Vaughan said, “All businesses must enforce the face covering requirement on all their employees.” She noted that according to the new executive order from Cooper even employees not in contact with the general public must wear a mask.
It is worth noting that local government is exempt from face mask provisions in the executive order.
Mandate Nancy demanding everyone must wear a mask indoors. While not wearing a mask in a room full of folks from Raleigh? Because TV cameras and violent vandalism during protests prevent infection concerns? Parking enforcement is going to implement? The most egregious thing is her smirking threat when summarizing penalties and detailing forced closures of our community businesses by Mandates with no consistent or reality, the video is available and smiling while issuing threats is very telling. If Mandate Nancy can be unmasked indoors with folks from Raleigh to be on TV how is that any different that anyone else being unmasked indoors? Virtue signaling now raised to the level of smiley faced rule by fiat and Mandates.
“Rules for thee but not for me” seems to be the only universal rule for “elected rulers’ and their minions
You sheep, who blindly follow and believe whatever you are told, are no different than the everyday citizens of communist Russia. Be careful – once you start down this path, there is but one way to survive – bow and completely submit to your overlords.
I almost want to cry every time I go somewhere and see the huge numbers of people all masked up, walking around in fear, because they’re unable to think for themselves.
Anyone who cannot see that this virus and the lockdowns, the mask orders, the “new normals”, etc., is all one big hoax to bring about “The Big Reset”, is absolutely nothing but a sheep. I bet all of y’all who voted for Biden believe that the “Build Back Better” slogan is something that he, or his campaign, came up with. Think for yourself, and do your own research. Socialist leaning leaders, and socialist organizations within our own borders have been using this phrase to signal the arrival of some one world government to rule us all.
I still believe in the Constitution, and I also believe that Liberty is more important than safety. What is the point of being “safe” if you’re not free to live your life the way you see fit, making your own decisions about what risks are acceptable to you, and choosing your own path.
We don’t need the government protecting us from ourselves, and I don’t need the government’s permission to go to church, or have family and friends over to my house.
“When you’re willing to give up freedom for security, you deserve neither”
This is total nonsense from the both of them. As citizens we need to realize both are drunk on power. If we don’t were going to be sitting a home under a lockdown destroying the economy an facing job loss. Nancy needs to learn that her 100 dollars fine will do more damage to business are ready hurt by COVID-19. I want to challenge Roy and Nancy to get off the power trip and come to table with a group of citizens, business leaders, and come with a agreement to better suit every one. If they continue down the path there on both need to resign or be removed from office. North Carolina and Greensboro deserve better
Ah Ha! “Do as I say, not as I do”. Hypopocrapsy squared.
King Cooper is convinced that he knows better than us how to run our own lives. Who cares about liberty or individual freedom? We, the members of the proletariat, should shut up and listen to our betters. And his toady, Nancy, is no better. So much of this is all just safety theater. Why not simply do things to protect the vulnerable and allow everyone else to live their lives?
Once again it is rules for the and everyone else.
The executive order says local governments are exempt for wearing masks! This is a joke! Mayor Vaughn and our government are two peas in a pod in more ways than one.
Two peas in a covid pod.
Good luck with your poop storm!
Keep it up and eventually the public will get fed up and start slinging back at ya.
I just saw this on my favorite site – “Trump supporters have stood behind our police officers 100% this past year. If you want to see that change very quickly, keep arresting people for not wearing a mask, or spying on people while they are celebrating.”
Keep that in mind, any LEOs who are reading this. You can either uphold valid laws that are on the books, or you can “just follow orders” and uphold these BS executive orders that violate the very core of our Constitution.
Do your job and do what’s right. Don’t just follow orders – that didn’t work for the Nazis on trial in Nuremburg, and it won’t bode well for you now. You will lose every ounce of support you have from the right, and if left up to the libs, you’ll be defunded and have your hands tied so that you can’t do your job.
So, 230 people in Guilford Co. have died from covid-19 so far. I looked up stats for our county & here are the results:
The number of deaths from COVID-19 are reported daily by Guilford County, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
However, people die from all kinds of causes that are not subject to daily press releases. The organizations report deaths differently and over different time periods, but with so much concern about death from one disease, it seems worthwhile to make some comparisons with deaths from other diseases, even though the time periods don’t exactly match.
On Monday, April 20, North Carolina had had a total of 179 deaths attributed to COVID-19 since March 25, when the first death was reported, which is a little less than a month.
According to reports from the CDC, in 2017, the last year for which figures are available, in an average month in North Carolina about 1,600 people died from cancer, 1,500 people died from heart disease, 498 people died from accidents, 461 people died from chronic lower respiratory disease and 424 people died from stroke. Those were the top five causes of death in North Carolina in 2017 according to the CDC.
Also in an average month, about 200 people died from drug overdose and the average number of deaths per month in 2017 from flu/pneumonia was 173, according to the CDC.
In Guilford County, the average number of deaths per month during 2019 from all causes was about 834, according to figures from the Guilford County Register of Deeds office.
From April 1 through April 17, 2020, in Guilford County there have been 491 deaths reported. From March 31 through April 20, the number of deaths attributed to coronavirus in Guilford County was 13.
In January 2020 there were 915 deaths, in February 900 deaths and in March 764 deaths reported in Guilford County according to the Register of Deeds office.
Adding those up through April 17, 2020, in Guilford County 3,070 deaths have been reported in Guilford County. Of those deaths 13 or 0.4 percent have died from COVID-19.
So we’re supposed to shut down any/all businesses for having too many people working or shopping there….this is right out of Germany 1939! This is beyond stupid. I know any death is sad & terrible but we must not allow the so called “leaders” make us so fearful we stop using our common sense! Wake the hell up!