Covid-19 'orange zone' forces parents to scramble for child care By Mary B. Pasciak, Barbara O'Brien and Matt Glynn News Staff Reporters Nov 21, 2020 Nov 21, 2020 Updated Jan 17, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It feels like March all over again for many parents in Erie County’s "orange zone."kAm$49@@=D 2C6 23@FE E@ 4=@D6 H:E9 G6CJ =:EE=6 ?@E:46[ 2?5 E96J’C6 D4C2>3=:?8 E@ 7:?5 49:=5 42C6]k^AmkAmt>A=@J6CD 2C6 ECJ:?8 E@ 96=A[ 3FE D@>6 A2C6?ED @?46 282:? 7:?5 E96>D6=G6D 92G:?8 E@ 49@@D6 36EH66? E96:C A2J4964< 2?5 E96:C 49:=5C6?’D 65F42E:@?]k^AmkAm':4E@C:2 ~CE@?\y@J2 @7 (:==:2>DG:==6 7@F?5 @FE :? E96 DAC:?8 9@H 92C5 :E 42? 36 E@ H@C< 7F== E:>6 2?5 96=A 96C J@F?8 49:=5C6? H:E9 C6>@E6 D49@@=:?8]k^Am kAm“z?@H:?8 E96J H6C6 8@:?8 E@ 8@ C6>@E6 E9:D J62C[ x 5:5 92G6 E@ >2<6 2 564:D:@? 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