Even in U.S. 2 towns with 0 virus cases, rural economy reels
Folks on U.S. 2 tend to be ready for whatever Mother Nature may throw at them.
Yet COVID-19 did not arrive like a bad snowstorm or high water.
“When there’s flooding, we know what we need to do,” Sultan Mayor Russell Wiita said. “The community resilience and the coming together is something that’s in our blood. But this is unprecedented.”
The coronavirus pandemic is another hit for the rural towns and businesses along U.S. 2 that just weathered a paralyzing winter storm in January. As far as public health officials are aware, the virus itself has not claimed any lives here. In fact, in King and Snohomish counties, the only remaining outposts with no positive tests as of Tuesday had addresses in Index, Baring and Skykomish.
But the presence of COVID-19 is felt in the absence of skiers, snowboarders and hikers who power the local economy.
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