‘You want us to carry that nail out for you?’ ”But attitudes toward pandemic precautions have begun to shift as the number of local cases has risen. At the pointy tip of the state, where it meets Tennessee and Kentucky, the threat seemed hundreds of miles away. ADThe chief worry here was why, with no local cases, they had to comply with Northam’s statewide emergency orders to shutter schools and certain businesses. Then came the outbreak at Mountain Mission School, a 99-year-old Christian boarding school for orphans and other children in need in the Buchanan County town of Grundy. Appalachian College of Pharmacy in Buchanan County launched the fall semester with students seated six feet apart where they could be, and separated by plastic barriers where they couldn’t.

Source: Washington Post September 05, 2020 23:36 UTC