Gov. Cooper - What's The Point Of 7% Capacity?
A Letter to NC Public Office Inquiring About the Benefit of 7% At this point, I believe that most people reading this article are quite familiar with the Coronavirus, aka Covid-19, pandemic. For those avid event goers (sports / concerts), you may have first felt the impacts when the NBA announced it would be cancelling its season, and then it quickly spread to school, restaurant, and concert halls being shut down. As we have progressed through 2020, various states have opened and shut down, and then opened again. For those that don’t know, North Carolina governor, Roy Cooper, released a statement that if things continue to improve for the state, he plans to allow outdoor event venues, capable of holding 10,000 patrons or more, to open on October 2, 2020 at 7% capacity. 7% ??! 7% ??? Really?? Why such a random number and how could you think that would help any? I get we all want to get back out there, but let's do some mat...