Cooper has proven repeatedly he'll use corporate power to extort & bully #NCGA lawmakers into caving to the left.
This behavior will get worse & employed by more & more elected Democrats.
Maybe we should ask: "Why is Apple the kind of corporate partner NC wants?"
I assume the celebration today won't be marred with unseemly questions or examination about Apple's use of Chinese slave labor camps to manufacture their products.
I'll assume there won't be discussion of Communist Party $ & infiltration into colleges, either.
Cohen going over the metrics. Reiterates the Bring Summer Back Bribe: 2/3 vax'd with 1 dose = indoor mask mandate gets lifted
CDC guidance: outdoor masks not required #NCpol
HHS Sec. Mandy Cohen:
J&J is available again.
Bringing Summer Back vax campaign launching. Please promote & help bring summer back.
Beginning in mere moments... @NC_Governor Roy Cooper's COVID briefing.
I will live-tweet here.
Apologies for non-#NCpol followers. :)
You can watch the carefully-managed theater here: ncdps.gov/news-conference
Gov:
952k cases
1,963 new cases since
1,168 hospitalized
12,480 dead
We continue to make progress.
Stable trends. But numbers are not yet declining.
Our strong protocols are why we avoided surge overwhelming hospitals.
We struck the right balance.
#ChauvinTrial -- Judge is now giving the jury instructions.
Closing arguments are over.
Defense attorney Eric Nelson now alleging prosecutorial misconduct, because the prosecutor made multiple accusations that the defense lied in presenting its case.
"There's lot of law on this."
Dangerous variants.
We're consulting with health experts. Science & data.
Soon we'll give you a forecast of things you can do safely for July 4th.
Lots of vax'd. We're doing better than even we predicted!
Numbers have remained relatively low & stable.
Trends look good, but keeping watchful & concerned eye on COVID variants in our state - they could spread more easily & make us sicker.