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Wake County Board Chair Matt Calabria discusses the first vaccines being administered in Wake County, looks at the current rate of COVID-19 cases and encourages people to be safe over the holidays.
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see there and we not only hey, what each of our peaks were in July. Most health systems have exceeded. And so we still have capacity. But we re busy, you know? Way still, um, 90% of our patients who we take care of who don t have co vid but Covad patients take a lot of resource is a lot of specialized care, special locations, a lot of protections. You are still safer in a hospital, in my opinion than you are at the grocery store. His first priest. So you re safe here, but for us, we want that time that s going up. Flatten. And so that s the stress that our health care delivery system is facing. Now we re fortunate. Not as many patients are requiring intensive care unit as a percentage, but
Six Questions With New Wake County Board of Commissioners Chair Matt Calabria
Matt Calabria
This week, Matt Calabria was sworn in as the new chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners. The 37-year-old attorney has served for two terms on the board, however, because the General Assembly voted to shorten term lengths from four to two years during his first term, this will actually be his seventh year on the board.Â
So what does Calabria want to do differently now that he s at the helm?Â
We wanted to know. So we gave him a call.Â
INDY:Â What is your top priority as chair heading into his new term?