sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
March 24, 2020 at 6:07 a.m. EDT
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In recent weeks, wealthy city dwellers hoping to escape the novel coronavirus have been fleeing to their second homes, exacerbating long-standing tensions between locals and summer residents. While those from out of town feel they have the right to use property they own and pay taxes on, year-round residents worry the new arrivals could be carrying the disease, and local hospitals aren’t equipped to handle an outbreak.
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Last week, the hospital implored those who don’t live on the island full-time to stay away “to avoid a potentially dire scenario.” Lise King, a member of the Select Board in nearby Provincetown, Mass., went even further, telling her town’s seasonal residents that “coming here could be a death sentence for someone who gets gravely Ill.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-second-homes/
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In recent weeks, wealthy city dwellers hoping to escape the novel coronavirus have been fleeing to their second homes, exacerbating long-standing tensions between locals and summer residents. While those from out of town feel they have the right to use property they own and pay taxes on, year-round residents worry the new arrivals could be carrying the disease, and local hospitals aren’t equipped to handle an outbreak.
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Last week, the hospital implored those who don’t live on the island full-time to stay away “to avoid a potentially dire scenario.” Lise King, a member of the Select Board in nearby Provincetown, Mass., went even further, telling her town’s seasonal residents that “coming here could be a death sentence for someone who gets gravely Ill.”
more...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-second-homes/