‘A major mistake’: COVID-19 survivors say reopening NC now is too soon

CHARLOTTE — Two people who recovered from the COVID-19 virus said calls for North Carolina to reopen now are misguided.

['Freedom or death’: Protesters rally in Raleigh demanding to reopen the state]

“I think they are making a major mistake,” Judge Donnie Hoover, 70, said. “I can’t tell you how big a mistake that’s gonna be.”

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"I was really sick to the point where I felt like maybe I could die,” Raven McGregor said. “I could have died."

>> In the video at the top of this web page, why the two survivors say it’s too early to reopen the state.

Protesters rally in Raleigh demanding to reopen the state Protesters rally in Raleigh demanding to reopen the state

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