YOU
YOU DRIV+@E TIMES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. CAROLYN , RACHEL, THANKS SO
MUCH.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN
BECAUSE NORTH CAROLINA
STATEWIDE CURFEW TAKES EFFECT
TONIGHT WHICH MEANS EVERY NIGHT
FROM 10:00 P.M. TO 5:00 A.M.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DINE AT
BARS OR GO TO BARS, DINE AT
RESTAURANTS, GO TO THE GYM,
VISIT WITH FRIENDS AFTER 10
P.M. YOU ARE STILL ALLOWED TO
MAKE ESSENTIAL TRIPS TO PICK UP
FOOD OR GO TO WORK.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE MAYBE GO
TO A PHARMACY.
+@
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE MAYBE GO TO A PHARMACY. YOU CAN DO THAT.
WAKE UP CHARLOTTE'S BILLIE JEAN
CHILD JOINING US LIFESO BILLIE
+@JEAN.
THESE NEW RESTRICTIONS COME AS
WE'RE SEEING MORE COVID 19
CASES THAN EVER BEFORE HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
>> GOOD MORNING, CAROLYN .
AND THESE RESTRICTIONS ARE
HAVING A HUGE IMPACT ON
BUSINESSES RIGHT HERE IN+@ THE
QUEEN CITY.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SECOND
TIME THIS YEAR THAT LOCAL
RESTAURANTS SPECIFICALLY HAVE
HAD RES+@TRICTIONS.
SO UNDER THIS NEW CURFEW THEY
HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS BY
10:00.
SOME ARE NOW WONDERING IF THEY
HAVE TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS FOR
GOOD.
DECEMBER IS TYPICALLY THE BREAD
AND BUTTER FOR RESTAURANTS.
SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR LOCAL
RESTAURANT OWNERS WERE
DEPENDING ON LARGE GROUPS
DURING THE HOLIDAY TO MAKE UP
FOR LOST REVENUE FROM COLVERT
RESTRICTIONS EARLIER THIS YEAR
,ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT
FROM THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT
ASSOCIATION, OVER 100000
RESTAURANTS NATIONWIDE HAVE
CLOSED PERMANENTLY OR LONG TERM
BECAUSE OF COVID 19 PLUS THE
AVERAGE RESTAURANT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IS SEEING REV+@ENUE
DROPPED 36 PERCENT INCLUDING
RIGHT HERE IN THE CAROLINAS AND
NOW TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
,EVEN MORE RESTRICTIONS HAVE
POPPED UP.
EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE
11TH, NORTH CAROLINA WILL ENTER
INTO A MODIFIED STAY AT HOME
ORDER.
>> THIS ORDER WILL REQUIRE
PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF 10:00 P.M. AND
5:00 A.M. UNDER THE CURFEW.+@
>> ALCOHOL SALES MUST END BY
9:00 AND OWNERS HAVE TO CLOSE
BY 10:00 P.M..
GOVERNOR ROY COOPER ALSO MADE
IT VERY CLEAR IF TRENDS DO NOT
IMPROVE THERE WILL BE
ADDITIONAL ACTION INVOLVING
INDOOR RESTAURANT DININ+@G.
THE OWNER OF DOT DOT DOT BAR IN
SOUTH CHARLOTTE IS NERVOUS
HE'LL HAVE TO CLOSE ITS DOORS
FOR GOOD.
HE HASN'T ANNOUNCED YET BUT
IT'S COMING WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO LOSE INDOOR DINING.
>> AND FOR ME AND MY BUSINESS
WE'RE CLOSED BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE OUTDOOR DINING.
AHA'S A HARSH REALITY FOR SO
MANY BUSINESS OWNERS RIGHT HERE
IN CHARLOTTE.
SO ANOTHER QUESTION YOU MAY BE
WONDERING IS HOW IS THIS GOING
TO BE ENFORCED?
WELL, CMPD OFFICERS HAVE THE
DISCRETION TO CITE INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE NEW
CURFEWS BUT THEY SAY THEY WILL
NOT DO THAT IN ADVANCE OR ARE
NOT GOING TO SET UP CHECKPOINTS
,ST+@OP AND ASK PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE GOING AT NIGHT.
BUT THEY ARE URGING YOU TO
FOLLOW ALL RULES.
AND CAROLYN , BACK TO YOU .
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD TO KNOW.
ON ALL ACCOUNTS.
BILLIE JEAN, THANK YOU .
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHY
EXPERTS SAY WHY OUR LEADERS
THINK THAT THESE RESTRICTIONS
WORK.
TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR DAILY CASE
COUNT YESTERDAY FIVE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX NOW.
ARE 14 DAY MOVING DAILY AVERAGE
IS UNDER THAT AT FOUR THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY FOUR.
NOW HERE'S WHERE IT GETS
INTERESTING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SAME NUMBER
BACK ON OCTOBER 3RD.
THIS IS WHEN THE LAST TIME THAT
WE LIFTED SOME RESTRICTIONS AT
THE TIME 1400 IN FIVE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS USING
THE SAME EXACT METHOD BUT A
DIFFERENT METRIC.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR TWO WEEK
POSITIVE TEST RATE AVERAGE
RIGHT NOW JUST UNDER 10
PERCENT.
GO BACK TO THE LAST TIME WE
LIFTED RESTRICTIONS BACK IN
OCTOBER 3RD.
IT WAS AT SIX PERCENT.
NOW THERE'S A FEW VARIABLES
HERE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR
ALSO PEOPLE WEARING MASKS,
PEOPLE GOING INSIDE BECAUSE OF
THE COLD WEATHER.
BUT IF YOU'RE A STATE LEADER
AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT
INFORMATION LIKE THIS, YOU DO
LOOK AT THIS AND SAY WELL, IT
DOESN'T SEEM AT LEAST THAT THE
RESTRICTIONS CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
AND WHEN THEY'RE LOOSENED THAT
CAN LEAD TO A BIGGER SPREAD TO
+@ WHERE THEY'RE TIGHTENED THAT
CAN CONSTRICT THAT SPREAD.
CAROLYN , YOU KNOW, THE HOPE IS
THAT EVERYONE JUST FOLLOWS THIS
BECAUSE I THINK AS THE POLICE
REFERRED TO THEY THEY AREN'T
GOING TO BE GOING IN LOOKING
FOR VIOLATIONS.
THEY'RE JUST HOPING THAT
EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, REALLY DOES