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Facing 'COVID fatigue' and polarization, Cooper balances restrictions, restraint
- Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan and Brian Murphy The (Raleigh) News & Observer
- Dec 14, 2020
- Dec 14, 2020
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RALEIGH — Nine months of coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths in North Carolina. Nine months of rules governing how the state's residents live their daily lives — of shutdowns and virtual school, of closings and cancellations, of curfews and stay-at-home orders.
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