It's Over!!! MD Lifting Capacity Caps on Retail, Dining, Religious Services

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Partay!!!! Vaccinated or not it is on!

A bit of normalcy before the body count goes up.

Stay home and hide! The rest of us do not care in the least whether you go out or not!

Of course you don't you are the reason we are in this mess!

I'm sure those varients will just love MD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Partay!!!! Vaccinated or not it is on!

A bit of normalcy before the body count goes up.

Stay home and hide! The rest of us do not care in the least whether you go out or not!

Of course you don't you are the reason we are in this mess!

I'm sure those varients will just love MD

The variants have been in Maryland for weeks.

[Anonymous]

Exactly. Time to move the hell on. Past time. Had we protected the elderly, and/or medically compromised first, as we should have done, we would not have been in this nightmare.

Oh, and children paid the price.

Wash your hands, wear a mask if you aren’t vaccinated and LIVE!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Partay!!!! Vaccinated or not it is on!

A bit of normalcy before the body count goes up.

Stay home and hide! The rest of us do not care in the least whether you go out or not!

Of course you don't you are the reason we are in this mess!

I'm sure those varients will just love MD

The variants have been in Maryland for weeks.

Or months- was probably party responsible for the holiday surge, we just weren’t looking.

[Anonymous]

I want this over. I think this is a huge mistake. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm very worried.

Here are today's numbers, before the restrictions are lifted.

[Anonymous]

All the woo-hoo people should probably reread the executive order:

- There's still a mask mandate statewide. So, I'd go pull your masks out of the trash if I were you.

- Even lifting the capacity restrictions, there are still distance requirements. Restaurants will still have to limit capacity to allow for 6 feet of distance between customers.

- Localities are still free to impose stricter requirements.

This is a stupid move, but not quite as catastrophically stupid as it seems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the woo-hoo people should probably reread the executive order:

- There's still a mask mandate statewide. So, I'd go pull your masks out of the trash if I were you.

- Even lifting the capacity restrictions, there are still distance requirements. Restaurants will still have to limit capacity to allow for 6 feet of distance between customers.

- Localities are still free to impose stricter requirements.

This is a stupid move, but not quite as catastrophically stupid as it seems.

+1

I think it's premature, and it will suck if it backfires and causes a surge, but at least they didn't lift the mask mandate like some states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the woo-hoo people should probably reread the executive order:

- There's still a mask mandate statewide. So, I'd go pull your masks out of the trash if I were you.

- Even lifting the capacity restrictions, there are still distance requirements. Restaurants will still have to limit capacity to allow for 6 feet of distance between customers.

- Localities are still free to impose stricter requirements.

This is a stupid move, but not quite as catastrophically stupid as it seems.

+1

I think it's premature, and it will suck if it backfires and causes a surge, but at least they didn't lift the mask mandate like some states.

I would agree with both of you, but the capacity restrictions were kind of BS anyway, as they were based off fire capacity. I would be interested to know how much this changes things. I still won't be eating in restaurants regardless.

Next week many private schools have spring break. I would guess that has something to do with this premature decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well this is dumb.
Enjoy your COVID while a lot of Marylanders struggle to get vaccinated.

+1000

It is most certainly not "over" and idiots like hogan are why it has and will continue to drag out longer than necessary.

Yeah, they really don't care about kids. keep community transmission down so kids can go to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once I am vaccinated I will get some beauty services done (while masked) and outdoor dining (its almost summer!). Thats going to be the extent of my partay. Will continue to socialize with friends (some vaxxed, some not) outside unless all the group have vaccines. If its too difficult to tell, we will be outside. I will continue to wear a mask in the same way I have done until now - in most situations except distanced outdoor exercise, putting it on when someone is close. I especially dont want to cause additional worry for someone who has not been vaxxed by coming close to them without my mask. They have no idea if I have a vaccine or not, the science on being a carrier isnt fully out, and it's moral support. We need to get through this as a country and keep the pressure up on politicians that everyone who wants a vaccine gets one as soon as possible. And then yes, we need to keep the pressure up to vaccinate kids once safe vaccines are developed.

Anyone who is that worried about catching covid passing someone for two seconds on a walk has issues. Sorry, I’ve played that game when rates were high and it was cold but pretty much over that now. I’ll continue with most of the other things you describe though.

I'm glad to hear that. However, until everyone who wants a vax can get one - wearing a mask in proximity to strangers is very basic respect. I also don't want to give cover to unvaccinated folks, by norming not mask wearing. It should be the overall norm in "mixed society" until we are through this. I want summer camps and summer fun to open up again, don't you? It's a few more months to be respectful and show protection for our fellow humans by following best practices in situations where we have vaccinated and unvaccinated folks mixing.

[Anonymous]

I think this sucks. Especially since the racial disparities have not been addressed. Or maybe they have — just not the way that I would like them to be addressed. I still have no idea when I’ll be eligible for a vaccine, and I’m in a higher risk demographic group.



https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-vaccine-racial-disparities-white-four-times-black-20210226-vazg6irxurepfjlapfdyxy5eyu-story.html

[Anonymous]

Hogan and Redfield are screwing up.

He should have edged open a little more and waited til memorial day to throw everything open with increased capacity.

Now, most of the state can't get vaccines and the unvaccinated from MoCo and PG will be flooding into the open areas to party and spread the Rona.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once I am vaccinated I will get some beauty services done (while masked) and outdoor dining (its almost summer!). Thats going to be the extent of my partay. Will continue to socialize with friends (some vaxxed, some not) outside unless all the group have vaccines. If its too difficult to tell, we will be outside. I will continue to wear a mask in the same way I have done until now - in most situations except distanced outdoor exercise, putting it on when someone is close. I especially dont want to cause additional worry for someone who has not been vaxxed by coming close to them without my mask. They have no idea if I have a vaccine or not, the science on being a carrier isnt fully out, and it's moral support. We need to get through this as a country and keep the pressure up on politicians that everyone who wants a vaccine gets one as soon as possible. And then yes, we need to keep the pressure up to vaccinate kids once safe vaccines are developed.

Anyone who is that worried about catching covid passing someone for two seconds on a walk has issues. Sorry, I’ve played that game when rates were high and it was cold but pretty much over that now. I’ll continue with most of the other things you describe though.

I'm glad to hear that. However, until everyone who wants a vax can get one - wearing a mask in proximity to strangers is very basic respect. I also don't want to give cover to unvaccinated folks, by norming not mask wearing. It should be the overall norm in "mixed society" until we are through this. I want summer camps and summer fun to open up again, don't you? It's a few more months to be respectful and show protection for our fellow humans by following best practices in situations where we have vaccinated and unvaccinated folks mixing.

To the best of my knowledge the mask mandate has not been lifted in MD or MoCo, so yes, people should continue to follow the rules. It's not about respect, it's about preventing the spread of germs when you can't maintain distance.

[Anonymous]

Serious question — specifically, what do people want open that isn’t already open? It seems to me that everything is mostly already open with capacity restrictions. My issue is that I just don’t want to do certain things like indoor theaters or dining. But that stuff is open already, right?

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand the case for hiring Redfield when Hogan had access to the leading infectious disease experts for free. I voted for him last go around he seems determined to ruin his standing with democrats in his final year as governor. All for naught as he has no future in the current Republican Party as a presidential candidate.