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- An anti-lockdown woman from North Caroline tested positive for coronavirus.
- She’s a moderator of a group called ReOpen NC which holds rallies against the home quarantine guidelines of the state.
A leader and organizer of a North Carolina group calling on the state to ease its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions was unable to attend two rallies because she apparently tested positive for the virus.
According to the news station WFAE, Audrey Whitlock is the one that administers the Facebook page ReOpen NC. She was under quarantine for two weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus.
“I remained in isolation/self-quarantine at my home per the direction of my county health department. I have not attended any events for ReOpen NC,” she stated.
“As an asymptomatic COVID19 positive patient (quarantine ends 4/26), another concern I have is the treatment of COVID patients as it relates to other communicable diseases. I have been forced to quarantine in my home for 2 weeks.”
While Whitlock is in isolation, the group held two rallies in the state capital Raleigh. They are calling out the North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper to speed up plans to lift the stay-at-home order which got extended until May 8.
At the group’s demonstration a week before, at least 100 mainly unmasked protesters crammed together in defiance of the social distancing guidelines.
They are set to hold a third rally outside the capital’s legislative building.
