Name: 'These numbers are really bad,' UNC expert says of spike in virus cases
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Description: Lisa Gralinski, an epidemiologist with the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill, says Gov. Roy Cooper needs to take more definitive action to curb the spread of coronavirus in North Carolina.

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Lisa Gralinski, an epidemiologist with the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill, says Gov. Roy Cooper needs to take more definitive action to curb the spread of coronavirus in North Carolina.

COMMUNITY SPREAD, AND YELLOW IS SIGNIFICANT SPREAD. >> THE DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND THE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL HEALTH IN UNC CHAPEL HILL, JOINING US NOW TO PUT THOSE NUMBERS INTO PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK. >> FROM 10:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M., IT'S A STEP, IS IT ENOUGH? >> I WOULD HONESTLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING MORE THAN THAT. I THINK A LOT OF PARTIAL MEASURES EXTENDING FOR A LARGE PERIOD OF TIME IN THE END, IT WILL BE MORE DEVASTATING TO OUR ECONOMY AND TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT THAT'S MY POINT OF VIEW AS ONE WHO WILL SEE THIS OUTBREAK AND PANDEMIC IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT I WOULD LIKE MORE. >> THE VACCINE ROLLOUT WILL BE GRADUAL. WE WILL SEE THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS GETTING IT FIRST. PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT REALISTICALLY, HOW EXCITED SHOULD WE BE THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO, IF NOT THREE REALLY GOOD VACCINE CANDIDATES? >> WE SHOULD BE INCREDIBLY EXCITED AND THEN WORK ON OUR PATIENTS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THOSE WHO WILL WORK WITH THIS IN A LABORATORY, YOU KNOW, HIGH CONCENTRATIONS ON THE DAILY BASIS, I WILL NOT BE IN GROUP ONE. I SHOULD NOT BE IN GROUP ONE. IT WILL BE A LONG TIME UNTIL MOST OF US GET THE VACCINE, BUT THERE'S A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, AND AT THIS POINT, JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE IS HELPFUL. >> WE WERE ALL SHOCKED TO SEE THOSE CASES OVER THE WEEKEND LAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THAT AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BASIS FOR IT? >> I WAS REALLY APPALL AND HORRIFIED. HONESTLY I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD GET TO THOSE NUMBERS. THAT WAS EARLIER THAN I WAS THINKING. I KNEW THERE WOULD BE LESS REPORTING OVER THE HOLIDAYS WITH FEWER PEOPLE GETTING TESTED. THEN WE WOULD KIND OF RECOVER OUR COVERAGE THAT LOW, WHERE WE ARE STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF THE POST THANKSGIVING BOUNCE THAT WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT, BUT WE'RE NOT FULLY INTO THAT YET AND THEY WENT INTO THAT THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT PRESS CONFERENCE. THESE NUMBERS, THEY'RE REALLY BAD. THERE'S A LOT OF VIRUS CIRCULATING IN THE COMMUNITIES. IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR TWO TOWNS THAT ARE HAVING A STRUGGLE, BUT IT'S EVERYWHERE. THESE SMALLER GATHERINGS, YOU FEEL SAFE OR MAYBE JUST ONE MORE GROUP OR FAMILY MEMBERS AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IT IS NOT SAFE. >> ARE WE SEEING SPREAD HERE? REACHING A POINT WHERE EVEN THE VACCINE CANNOT SLOW IT DOWN? >> EVENTUALLY A VACCINE WILL BE ABLE TO SLOW IT DOWN NO MATTER WHAT. BUT IT'S HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS LESS VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MUCH SPREAD AND THE VACCINE COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE, MORE QUICKLY, YOU KNOW. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE 6,000 CASES OVER THE WEEKEND IS KIND OF LOOKING LIKE THE GROWTH AND THAT IS QUITE WHERE I SAW IT. I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WHERE WE ARE KIND OF IN THAT POST WEEKEND LOW RIGHT NOW, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. >> AND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, HOW ARE THINGS IN THE HOSPITAL? WE SAW THAT CAPACITY COULD BE REACHED BASED ON THE CURRENT TRENDS. >> AND FRIENDS WHO I HAVE WHO WORK IN THE HOSPITALS, THEY'RE ALL STRESSED, WORRIED. I WAS IN DUKE HOSPITAL A FEW WEEKS AGO. THEY WERE REALLY STRESSED, WORRIED, FLOORS WERE BEING OVERTAKEN BY COVID PATIENTS. PEOPLE HAVE MASKS, BUT THEY KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF VIRUS AROUND AND THEY'RE VERY WORRIED ABOUT GETTING SICK AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT TAKING IT HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES. >> YOUR MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO SAY OKAY, WE WILL HAVE VACCINES OUT THERE AND LAY BACK AND DO MY THING AND NOT WORRY ABOUT ALL THE FACE COVERINGS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. >> NO. SORRY, WE ARE NOT THERE YET. BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IN 12, 18 MONTHS IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PLACE, BUT INITIALLY WE DON'T KNOW IF THESE VACCINES WILL STOP THE TRANSMISSIONS AS WE KNOW THEY WILL DO A FANTASTIC JOB IN KEEPING YOU FROM GETTING SICK, KEEPING YOU FROM GETTING SEVERELY SICK, BUT THERE COULD BE AN INFECTION THAT WILL BE HAPPENING THERE WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE VIRUS THAT'S GOING ON, IN YOUR NOSE, THAT YOU COULD STILL BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT AND PASS IT ON TO THE OTHER PEOPLE, SO YOU KNOW, I MIGHT BE IN GROUP TWO AND THEY WILL BE IN GROUP FOUR, BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM SAFE, TO KEEP OTHER PEOPLE SAFE, EVEN AFTER I HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. >> THE CAVALRY IS HERE. DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN JUST YET. >> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

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WE HAVE MORE RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND. I'LL SHOW YOU COMING UP. THE LIST OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BUSINESSES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS IS ARMADILLO GRILL IS THE LATEST TO CLOSE FOR GOOD. >> WRAL'S SEAN GALLAGHER IS IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TO FIND OUT WITH THIS MEANS FOR THE GLENN WOOD, SOUTH AREA. SEAN, THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF FOLKS. >> YEAH, THIS WAS VERY ABRUPT SO ABRUPT THAT WE'VE SEEN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TRYING TO GET LUNCH ON THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE MET WITH THIS SIGN ON THE DOOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AT THIS LOCATION. NOW, THIS TEX MEX RESTAURANT CALL THE CORNER OF GLENWOOD AVENUE AND TUCKER STREET HOME FOR THE LAST. 22 YEARS. IN A FACEBOOK POST, THE OWNERS SAY CHANGES IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AND RISING COSTS ARE WHY THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE LATEST IN A STRING OF STAPLE BUSINESSES RALLY, CLOSING CLOUDS BREWING, SHUT DOWN ITS RALEIGH TAVERN ON WEST STREET EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE CAPITAL CLUB. 16 IS SHUTTING DOWN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. OUR BELOVED REAL SAID THEY WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER LOCATION TO SERVE THE RALEIGH COMMUNITY. BUT FOR SHARE MCCRACKEN OF GARDEN SCAPE DESIGNER FOR BUSINESSES AROUND THIS AREA. THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IT'S ELEVATING RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. NATURALLY COMING TO AN END AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPOT THAT'S PERFECT FOR THEM. BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THERE IS A CHANGE GOING ON ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. >> AN ARMADILLO GRILL WILL ARE STILL OFFER THEIR CATERING SERVICES HERE AND THEY WILL STILL OPERATE THEIR FLAGSHIP LOCATION IN CARRBORO. BUT RENEE, THAT'S ABOUT 40 MINUTES AWAY RIGHT NEAR UNC CAMPUS. >> WHILE CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE TO DRIVE A LOT FARTHER AND WE WILL SEE WHAT ENDS UP TAKING ITS PLACE. THERE ON GLENWOOD

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