"If everyone could wear a face covering over the next 6 weeks we could drive this (coronavirus) into the ground," CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield just told reporters.
Katie Peralta Soloff
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Katie Peralta Soloff
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Previously: @axioscharlotte, @Axios Raleigh, and @theobserver. @NotreDame & @MedillSchool alumna. former dweller of IN, Chi, DC.
- Charlotte’s first female African-American mayor
- the amount of wild misinformation about Helene on the internet right now is deeply troubling. it also doesn't help that the billionaire owner of this website is spewing unverified nonsense to his millions of followers.
- Cam Newton is Santa today. He’ll be donating >$100k in cash, food and gifts to kids and families in need throughout Charlotte
- Saw this painted on the side of a little cafe this week. Rest peacefully, Anthony Bourdain
- Jacksonville, where the RNC relocated to from Charlotte ... because of NC’s requirement that RNC participants wear masks and practice socially distancing.The city of Jacksonville, Fla., has just announced that masks will be mandatory indoors and in public places where social distancing is not possible.
- Strong words from the daughter of Democrat Vi Lyles, Charlotte’s first black female mayor who endorsed Bloomberg a few hours ago
- I do not ask for much, just more shopping carts this size.
- Shoutout to all the hourly grocery store employees without a work-from-home option, working their tails off to restock and keep stores clean as the world continues to panic shop
- 👋 I’m off for the next 12 weeks hanging out with my new favorite person. She’s perfect and her dad and I are so in love. I’ll be back this summer.
- We did it!! Perfect small celebration with our families in the mountains. Taking a few days off now💛
- It is so dumb that masks have become political.
- At NBA’s Tech Summit this AM, where commish Adam Silver introduced a “smart jersey of the future” NBA’s been working on. Images below show same customizable jersey that changes to reflect different players’ names. Silver joked this could put Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin out of biz
- it is disgustingly, dangerously, unreasonably, uncomfortably, stupidly hot out in North Carolina
