Forsyth County chair urges residents to avoid large groups
Echoing the recommendations of state and federal officials, the chairman of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners has issued a declaration urging residents not to gather in groups of 10 or more people due to the COVID-19 threat.
The declaration Friday by Chairman Laura Semanson follows the county’s March 18 announcement of a 30-day state of emergency, but it stops short of imposing a mandatory ban on gatherings.
“Forsyth County is not banning assemblies,” Semanson’s declaration says. Instead, it asks residents, “in the most urgent terms, to avoid holding, sponsoring or attending non-mandatory assemblies or gatherings of 10 or more individuals” while the emergency continues.
To meet in large groups, the declaration says, “places those in attendance at risk of becoming infected, transporting the illness to their homes and communities, (and) leads to the transmission of disease,” including to people “with compromised immune systems, the elderly, or others that may be uniquely susceptible to its effects.”
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