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CA up to 2300 cases with 45 dead.

Coronavirus updates: 45 dead and 2,300 infected in California; jury trials suspended

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313 posted on 03/24/2020 1:37:41 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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New York city escapees: ‘Stay on the mainland’: Tensions grow as affluent city dwellers fearing coronavirus retreat to second homes
Today, 04:27 PM
March 24, 2020 at 6:07 a.m. EDT

In recent weeks, wealthy city dwellers hoping to escape the novel coronavirus have been fleeing to their second homes, exacerbating long-standing tensions between locals and summer residents. While those from out of town feel they have the right to use property they own and pay taxes on, year-round residents worry the new arrivals could be carrying the disease, and local hospitals aren’t equipped to handle an outbreak.
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Last week, the hospital implored those who don’t live on the island full-time to stay away “to avoid a potentially dire scenario.” Lise King, a member of the Select Board in nearby Provincetown, Mass., went even further, telling her town’s seasonal residents that “coming here could be a death sentence for someone who gets gravely Ill.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/24/coronavirus-second-homes/


318 posted on 03/24/2020 1:40:59 PM PDT by LilFarmer
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