Pandemic Checks and Rabid Patients | Durham News

In 2020, North Carolina handed out $355 checks to parents who’d filed taxes in 2019 with kids — a small but meaningful nod to the financial strain of virtual learning. Meanwhile, in 1926, two former Victory Yarn Mill workers sued for $60,000 after being bitten by a rabid patient, claiming they were in a “semi-hydrophobic” state — a bizarre legal battle born from a deadly illness. Both stories reveal how crises — pandemic or plague — force unexpected financial and legal reckonings.

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