Greensboro Guilford County and High Point will hold a joint press conference at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 25 to announce a “stay at home” order, according to a press release from the City of Greensboro.
The press conference will include Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan, Chairman of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Jeff Phillips and High Point Mayor Jay Wagoner and will be held at the Old Guilford County Court House at 301 W. Market St.
The press conference will be broadcast live on the Greensboro Television Network (GTN) and streamed on the city website at https://www.greensboro-nc.gov.
When the stay at home order will go into effect will be announced at the press conference, along with what exactly this stay at home order covers.
Vaughan said that the list of businesses that would not be closed by the stay at home order “is extensive and covers a broad range of businesses.”
Mecklenburg County announced a stay at home order on Tuesday, March 24. Durham announced a stay at home order at 11 a.m. today that goes into effect at 6 p.m. this evening. Wake County is expected to make a similar announcement today.
Because the lists of businesses that are not affected is extensive, it varies some from city to city.
The stay at home order which was announced at 11 a.m. today in Durham exempted grocery stores, restaurants providing take-out and delivery service, pharmacies, gas stations, banks, media organizations, funeral homes, child care centers, hardware stores, hotels and motels, healthcare facilities and many other businesses considered essential.
The stay at home or shelter in place order in Durham was put in place to restrict the movement of people outside their homes except for essential jobs and tasks like getting food or healthcare needs.
Vaughan said she has been in extensive communications with other mayors around the state discussing the best solutions to an issue none of them has dealt with before, so you could expect the stay at home order for Greensboro and Guilford County to be similar in scope to the others in the state.
Our Government seems to be overstepping their authority. Forcing citizens to comply with stay at home orders seems excessive. Individuals have rights from our constitution. Most are intelligent and capable of taking proper precautions to be safe. Restricting my freedom does not sit well with many Americans.
Jim… you are such a cool rebel. I wanna be like you 🙂
You’re right.
I agree, like to see them enforce it. Problem is people will put you on a guilt trip and tell you that you are putting people in harms way. I am 66 and I’m not in the mood to stay healthy but broke.
See it’s people like this above more worried about there freedoms than others safety I think what there doing is great cuz there idoits out there want to still live a normal life life ain’t normal right now deal with it it ain’t gonna last forever stay home clean ur house clean ur yard it ain’t a stay home forever so I wish davidson county would do this …. I’m waiting
Angela, please insert a little punctuation in that screed of yours. It’s quite painful to read.
As it relates to this issue:
America: founded by genius’, governed by idiots
Since The country/state/county are mandating that I stay at home and can’t go to work are they also mandating I don’t have to pay taxes, my mortgage, my credit cards, cable and power bill??
Are all the banks and mortgage companies waiving our monthly payments?
Are grocery stores/pharmacies offering free food/ medicine? Last I checked they still expect COD.
NCDOR still drafted my monthly tax pmt from my bank account. What happens when it’s not there next month because I’m forced not to work?? Will Roy Cooper waive all the penalties/fees/interest??
This is what socialism looks like folks. When your individual rights are ‘mandated’ away for the ‘greater good’. And you still have to pay for it whether you want it or not.
Agreed. This is way overstepping.
I appreciate your comments above and I would offer a different view. Think of your local health care system that will be overwhelmed with patients that need ventilators and PPE for staff if we do not decrease the transmission of this virus. This is not about suppressing your freedom, but keeping you alive so you continue to be free. Financial relief is coming. The responsible thing to do is to follow these requests for physical distancing and we will return to freedom of movement as the virus develops immunity from humanity. These sacrifices still pale to those made by previous generations that survived more tragic situations. If the criticism is that the local impact ends up not being as bad as projected and we do not lose as many lives as forecasted, then this stay at home order did it’s intended job; to save lives. Dig deep and find compassion and empathy for your fellow citizens. We are all going to lose family and friends to this pandemic and I just hope it is not any of your family or friends. You need to hope for that outcome as well. So, follow the small sacrifice and keep us all healthier.
Some of us will lose everything. This order is crazy. We are on house arrest now. What of the people in need for supplies and groceries? What of the people who don’t own a car and must use public transportation? What is the purpose of this?
Elderly people and people with lung problems should stay at home.
I lost 3 jobs. I have nothing comming in.
I believe its time the high hoarse crackers in the high point city council gave back. After all, the last time i had to go through high point during the furniture market an a man from India told a man from Ukraine that it looked like old news reels from South Africa Apartheid.
Time for a change. These long time nepotistic anglos need to be ousted from office in both greensboro and high point.
They ruin everything and have been an eye sore for foreigners for much too long.
We need a new management not from long time families who have their silver spoons from the african slave trade and black slavery.
Put an end to this.
They wonder why these foreigners don’t want to go to a furniture market in high point. Lol. Smdh.
When the crackers leave the room feeling all high and mighty from meetings with rich wealthy foreigners, the conversation changes. Mostly the south east asians and chinese and russians see them for what they are.
The wealthiest nation in the world with poor black slaves doing all the work!
Just go down town high point during a market and see for yourself. They pay minimum wage and run and rule by day labor agencies that pay nothing worth to live in the state of North Carolina. No wonder the heroin epidemic is such a problem there. There is no way out of poverty there, and primarily for african-americans who will suffer the most in high point. It could be said that not much has changed in the fake “equal” economy of high pont NC since 1865 AD.
Actually, its just obvious.
Shame on them for being so greedy and disgusting.
Now they want to hurt all poor and low income people.
The roads in poor areas should block traffic from the rich and only let the working move through until these white authorities start making it possible to work and prosper.
They have been violating the rights of citizens for a long, long time by prohibiting and creating means to keep American citizens of certain ethnic backgrounds and low financial status’ from having the right to peace and prosperity, and so should be eradicated from their civil servitude in which they have failed deliberately through their prejudiced and bigoted ideologies.
The racism and fascism is clear.
They deserve to be unemployed through this time too as they are still getting paid by our tax dollars.
Everyone should stop paying taxes of all kinds immediately until we get our lives back!
They are the 11 percent, but we are the foundation of that pyramid. We hold up the civil servants.
I also believe something I thought I would never believe; that any member of the city councils or thier grown spoiled children who die from overdoses as has been the case probably deserves it.
The truth is harsh and facts can be unapologetic.
Interesting… your perspective. What are your views on child support?