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Sick? Scared? Or Just Need Someone to Talk With? You Have Resources on the Outer Banks.
Sheila F. Davies, PhD is the Director of Dare County Health and Human Services. Michelle Hawbaker, LCMHC, LCAS, CCS is the Supervisor of PORT Dare County, a clinical rehabilitative provider of mental health services in Eastern NC. Both were kind enough to answer a few questions submitted on behalf of Dare and Currituck (and surrounding) County residents.
The first question and answer segment is with Sheila F. Davies, PhD. I want to extend Sheila my sincerest thanks for answering my query on such short order, given her extremely busy schedule. Check for helpful links to FAQs in Sheila’s replies.
Peter Graves Roberts: Are there any immediate needs that YOU would like to ask for the public’s help on? What can we do to help prepare our community’s medical professionals to deal with the coming community spread?
Sheila F. Davies, PhD: We need the public to assist us with slowing the spread of COVID-19 by following the guidelines that have been established though Dare County’s Stay Home — Stay Healthy order. The order asks all individuals in Dare County to restrict all non-essential movement.
PGR: Forgive the redundancy of this question: Are plans in place, or being made to use non-traditional spaces, (schools, parking lots…
