[Durham INC] Durham's InterNeighborhood Council Resolution in Support of Durham's Covid-19 Response

[Will Wilson]

Durham's InterNeighborhood Council Resolution in Support of Durham's 
Covid-19 Response

WHEREAS, Durham’s first confirmed Coronavirus case was tested on Monday, 
March 9, 2020;

WHEREAS, as of Monday, May 24, 2020, Durham had endured 45 fatalities 
and 1,266 confirmed infections;

WHEREAS, Durham first responders started off with inadequate equipment 
and nonetheless provided care from the date of the first confirmed 
infection and continue to provide care;

WHEREAS, Durham “Stay at Home” orders, which have been more restrictive 
and of greater duration than state Stay at Home orders, have provided a 
framework for mitigating fatalities, hospitalizations, outcomes, and 
infection rates;

WHEREAS, Durham resident adherence to Durham stay at home orders has 
provided true mitigation of fatalities, hospitalizations, outcomes, and 
infection rates;

WHEREAS, the Durham stay at home orders and adherence to them have had 
devastating short term impacts on the local economy, people’s social and 
mental health, and our community fabric;

WHEREAS, in addition to working alongside medical teams and first 
responders to help curb the pandemic, Durham residents, businesses, 
nonprofits, institutions, and other stakeholders have worked to help 
fellow residents in ways large and small;

WHEREAS, studies of the 1918 flu pandemic indicate that curbing the 
spread of the 2020 pandemic flu with quarantines, school closings, and 
social distancing lowers mortality rates and helps strengthen an 
economic recovery;

WHEREAS, while Durham data is incomplete, available data largely 
confirms that Durham is following US national trends where populations 
vulnerable by health, race, age, income, wealth and political 
representation have been disproportionately impacted by Coronavirus from 
both health and economic perspectives; and

WHEREAS, as state and local level stay at home orders are relaxed and 
tightened based on the interplay between data, science, and adverse 
impacts to the local economy on the one hand, and people’s social and 
mental health, and our community fabric on the other hand;

NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTERNEIGHBRHOOD COUNCIL OF DURHAM HEREBY:
1. Thanks elected officials, the city and county administrations, 
medical teams, first responders of all types, businesses, and fellow 
residents for curbing the pandemic flu at least on a temporary basis 
through issuance of and adherence to stay at home orders;

2. Thanks Durham residents, businesses, and nonprofits for helping 
fellow residents in other ways large and small, and special mention is 
made of:
a. Mask makers and providers, whether individual, networked, or tightly 
grouped collective, including https://www.coveringthetriangle.com/ and 
others too many to mention;
b. Providers of food to those in need, including the Durham branch of 
https://foodbankcenc.org/about-us/locations-contact-info/durham/, 
https://www.umdurham.org/, and https://communitiesinpartnership.org/ and 
others too many to mention;
c. Those who have offered counseling and healing through prayer, time 
well spent in community, and other modalities – while maintaining social 
distance protocols and adhering to stay at home orders;
d. Housing providers and those who work with the homeless and housing 
vulnerable, including https://fmfnc.org/, 
https://communitiesinpartnership.org/, and https://www.umdurham.org/; and
e. Grant makers and low and no interest loan providers including 
including 
https://community.duke.edu/give/?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Duke-Durham+Fund&utm_content=1185113&utm_campaign=FY20:+Duke+Student+Assistance+Fund-VPrice-1 
;

3. Urges Durham residents to consider the above-listed groups for 
volunteer and giving opportunities;

4. Calls on elected officials and the city and county administrations to 
work with other institutional stakeholders to increase testing, with 
special emphasis on medical team members, first responders, and 
historically vulnerable populations;

5. Urges elected officials and the city and county administrations to 
work diligently with other institutional stakeholders in case 
pessimistic scenarios around a second peak prove accurate;

6. Urges its fellow residents to adhere to stay at home orders as then 
in effect and to maintain social distancing;

7. Urges residents to take flu vaccines, this year and every year, 
whether for COVID-19 or other flu strains;

8. Urges Durham residents, businesses, nonprofits, institutions, and 
other stakeholders to continue to help fellow residents in other ways 
large and small;

9. Urges Durham to help disproportionately vulnerable residents receive 
otherwise disproportionate contributions of financial and other resources;

10. Mourns all Durham residents who have died from the flu pandemic and 
acknowledges the hurt of families exposed to the health, economic and 
social devastation of the pandemic in all its forms; and

11. Commits to make use of InterNeighborhood resources to stay current 
on coronavirus stay at home orders and to publish official and 
unofficial information about the Coronavirus on its website and 
listservs from time-to-time, and toward that end, makes the following 
available:
a. Current stay at home order summary 
https://www.dconc.gov/Home/Components/News/News/7777 and text 
https://www.dconc.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=32042
b. Durham County Health Services coronavirus page 
https://www.dcopublichealth.org/services/communicable-diseases/communicable-diseases/coronavirus-disease-2020/-fsiteid-3
c. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service safety guidance 
for individuals and families 
https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/information/individuals-families-communities/individuals-and-families
d. Community resource guides found at 
http://tinyurl.com/ducovid19resources and 
https://sites.duke.edu/covidcommunityresources/category/donate/

THIS INC RESOLUTION PASSED ON THE 26th DAY OF 2020.

CERTIFIED:

By:  Will Wilson
Position:  President, INC
Date of certification: 5/27/2020

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