Brenée Goforth, John Locke Foundation social media manager and Carolina Journal columnist, compares North Carolina’s response to two different pandemics: the Spanish Flu and COVID-19. Goforth offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio.
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