Mount Pleasant Magazine Documenting Covid-19

4 www.CoronavirusMag.com | www.ReadMPM.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com contents DOCUMENTING COVID-19 Publisher’s Note ................................................... 9 On the Web ....................................................... 13 Facetime .......................................................... 128 She Has Us “Covered” Meet the Woman Behind This Issue’s Mask ...................................10 By the Numbers: COVID-19 . ..................................15 COVID-19 Timeline ................................................17 Banding Together While Staying Apart: How COVID-19 and Social Distancing has Brought the World Closer ....23 Leading Mount Pleasant During a Pandemic: Town Administrator Addresses Preparations, Challenges ....................27 How Our Local Leaders Have Responded . ...............33 The Road to Recovery: Locals Overcome the COVID-19 Virus . .....................................40 Playing Defense: S.C. Hospitals Prepare .........................................................44 When Sports Just Stopped . .......................................49 Large Corporations Stepping Up ...............................52 Evolving with Client Needs During COVID-19, Weeks & Irvine, LLC, Real Estate Attorneys . ...........57 For the Love of Local Small Businesses ......................59 Serious Decisions: The Mount Pleasant Chamber was There to Help ...........................66 Creative Minds Engage Family Life ...........................69 Neighborhoods Making Lemonade Out of Lemons ...72 Documenting COVID-19 10 27 44 49 59 72