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

Mon Jun 29 11:11:43 EDT 2020

Will,
Please thank the members of the INC for this terrific resolution. 

I take to heart the concerns expressed about a potential “second wave” and the planning necessary for this pessimistic scenario. 

I’m very proud of our community’s response thus far, but we have a long way to go.

Best wishes,

Steve Schewel
Mayor, City of Durham

101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701

(919) 560-4333 (Office)
steve.schewel at durhamnc.gov

> On Jun 28, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Will Wilson <willwilsn at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Durham's InterNeighborhood Council Resolution in
> Support of Durham's Covid-19 Response
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> WHEREAS, Durham’s first confirmed Coronavirus case was tested on Monday, March 9, 2020;
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> WHEREAS, as of Tuesday, June 23, 2020, Durham had endured 60 fatalities and 3,209 confirmed infections;
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> WHEREAS, Durham first responders started off with inadequate equipment and nonetheless provided care from the first confirmed infection and continue to provide care;
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> 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;
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> WHEREAS, Durham resident adherence to Durham stay at home orders has provided true mitigation of fatalities, hospitalizations, outcomes, and infection rates;
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> 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;
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> 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;
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> WHEREAS, Studies of the 1918 flu pandemic indicate that curbing the spread of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic with quarantines, school closings, and social distancing lowers mortality rates and helps strengthen an economic recovery;
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> WHEREAS, while Durham data is incomplete, data provides no reason to believe that Durham has not followed US national trends where populations vulnerable by health, race, age, income, wealth and political representation have been disproportionately impacted by Coronavirus with respect to health and economic impacts;
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> WHEREAS, while Durham data is incomplete, 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 COVID-19; and
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> WHEREAS, at state and local level stay at home orders are relaxed and tightened based on the interplay between data, science, and adverse impacts on the local economy, people’s social and mental health, and our community fabric;
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> NOW, THEREFORE, THE INTERNEIGHBRHOOD COUNCIL OF DURHAM HEREBY:
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> 1. Thanks elected officials, the city and county administrations, medical teams, first responders of all types, businesses, and fellow residents for curbing COVID-19 at least on a temporary basis through issuance of and adherence to stay at home orders;
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> 2. Thanks Durham residents, businesses, and nonprofits that worked to help fellow residents in other ways large and small, and special mention is made of:
> a. Individual, networked and tightly grouped collectives of mask makers, including https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.coveringthetriangle.com%2f&c=E,1,23aSjavAc2SQvyka-Qk2UgAEDtTe1VsEpEeuC9Gj4SMTxDrwRxK0CwjD4xbVM0xiCWCNEVDDBgz5GsGb4AP6ig5qnq3C_VUuZUYKPyVPXXfImZg,&typo=1 and others too many to mention;
> b. Providers of food to those in need, including the Durham branch of https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2ffoodbankcenc.org%2fabout-us%2flocations-contact-info%2fdurham%2f%2c&c=E,1,YAYFCO5OZMG84qyj7EMv2sknR1bhsLjVS1uKSfapEuDkszen7DBVi3lJpcpvWOQcOQ7RC6OgignNdT55eo7m2RbS40gF9waH5IbJ3PnTKIYP289yVEW0VA,,&typo=1 https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.umdurham.org%2f%2c&c=E,1,3gbuva8ps9DS3TyLV2_19iP4mJk2XLaJ9OUoQfdI5QWZ2mKK0VEuYmbNGLt8eUvZEthQt07krDSee1O6GPDvLfxlQqqyrMESNafCy2qTpj4C6LtIz3FPP3YrbAMR&typo=1 and https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcommunitiesinpartnership.org%2f&c=E,1,X5LI8l-z3x2d-0XtDojDPe4subaB1Y2_XQUddUXQZEdlrqgdkuzhZUZY8LqfQfRVIjf4Im9F6IU7h7iFArJdtbPxe2bJMtqVxRN0e5ntgaY,&typo=1 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://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2ffmfnc.org%2f%2c&c=E,1,6ZL-0wVGQJYX9au1EiWhNOEnZAmcppMssjOJ5q2gCYWuBuFd5LBCDra39UaiZw9QS7HPGd0Cu0-uGPT074P4MqjyO-PbhqjY22kQ8nNRh3A4VDU,&typo=1 https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcommunitiesinpartnership.org%2f%2c&c=E,1,m6RqFnXftqsEix8XP5rKmjfZMzh02QIPQy6j8BjV8-sFsvaFKA6w8LNSldLDYIY-c-rXinNUzGec7KNyc97QN2Xs9q3oF4towPdhouSSb6p_GQ,,&typo=1 and https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.umdurham.org%2f%3b&c=E,1,WDdP8ooCfFe9U_bqIK12p4bqVT-zJ7wgcZnXWFTzKLSUBlh6D6E0x4Zmlc1qTung0rlnNzNYKyFLXbD4PvkOtAwlyiu81hPQ0e72nBu-f63Mh06UA_WG&typo=1 and
> e. Low and no interest loan providers including (and grant makers) 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 ;
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> 3. Urges Durham residents to consider the above-listed groups for volunteer and giving opportunities;
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> 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;
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> 5. Urges elected officials and the city and county administrations to work with other institutional stakeholders to prepare in case pessimistic scenarios around a second peak and mutation prove accurate;
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> 6. Urges its fellow residents to adhere to stay at home orders as then in effect and to maintain social distancing;
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> 7. Urges residents to take flu and other vaccines, this year and every year, whether for COVID-19 or flu strains;
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> 8. Urges Durham residents, businesses, nonprofits, institutions, and other stakeholders to continue to help fellow residents in other ways large and small and toward that end shares with the community;
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> 9. Urges Durham to help disproportionately vulnerable residents receive otherwise disproportionate contributions of financial and other resources;
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> 10. Mourns all Durham residents who have died from the COVID-19 and to acknowledge the hurts of families exposed to the health, economic and social devastation of the pandemic in all its forms; and
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> 11. Commits to make use of InterNeighborhood resources to stay current on coronavirus stay at home orders and to publish the orders and 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://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dconc.gov%2fHome%2fComponents%2fNews%2fNews%2f7777&c=E,1,Fqm-dPh4_bLFtq8wiYPR_3oOBUuvU7u7Wn6JUQl09R7fYga_C9bHOLslTCskE9HXcrUeQoSl6_rFEF_Jq288wsieqDrd8VfExKlI7mmDc-Ky&typo=1 and text https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dconc.gov%2fHome%2fShowDocument%3fid%3d32042&c=E,1,aituoQnvDcj7V6UFTAa65iqPCagBbPZuo6OCB21g1OudIDrfw6Q1JGqrBHzmBWeFxPRGh2-wwZ055m4d5PkQS40b5zQugt3OmlH0ClTNb3_aCZGo&typo=1
> b. Durham County Health Services coronavirus page https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dcopublichealth.org%2fservices%2fcommunicable-diseases%2fcommunicable-diseases%2fcoronavirus-disease-2020%2f-fsiteid-3&c=E,1,9ZJ6lulHP2DzInIhiBv9hFH-3FjUHswk4fFKdnZOIs8OiGbAPOC09-sX_1Jm7LFl9umoyZGC9HSn8D8VerU0FWTZyQ9Yi0Z1ALnN4OhfVHw6FFOaBAmIgujN&typo=1
> c. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service safety guidance for individuals and families https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fcovid19.ncdhhs.gov%2finformation%2findividuals-families-communities%2findividuals-and-families&c=E,1,zc9DSOzODaWut4G7VydEzPPzAgD7GddX0Drego-BGnjyfZbJF0aAMytxaWdPDNcik4by-fE2Y9px_wf5OK2wCJc76oAmqYXcqiDGBBoaTmguGdU,&typo=1
> d. Community resource guides found at https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2ftinyurl.com%2fducovid19resources&c=E,1,OkWl09Oq0B4qPVJc8Dvz3HtrtmWXB7jim3M-q4gu3Txxbs6C3oIpidrAq57kbslZHmOXqS7RP1474tOQ7ni8RiXo0NbX32TB39VlOqoCig,,&typo=1 and https://sites.duke.edu/covidcommunityresources/category/donate/
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> THIS INC RESOLUTION PASSED ON THE _______23rd________ DAY OF ____June___ 2020.
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> CERTIFIED:
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> By:  _______Will Wilson______
> Position:  ____President, INC______
> Date of certification:  ____6/28/20______
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> <COVID Resolution 6.23.20.pdf>