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

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Anonymous wrote:What about moco? Can they do their own thing? Somebody please run against Elrich.

Rest assured that several someones will be running against Elrich.

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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.

This, Hogan will not be voted for ever again.

He can’t run for Governor again and there’s no way he gets elected to anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This, Hogan will not be voted for ever again.

He can’t run for Governor again and there’s no way he gets elected to anything else.

Exactly. So he might as well do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned. Which he is doing. I think this is a terrific and courageous move on his part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This, Hogan will not be voted for ever again.

He can’t run for Governor again and there’s no way he gets elected to anything else.

Exactly. So he might as well do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned. Which he is doing. I think this is a terrific and courageous move on his part.

Personally I think he did this to gain points with arsenal later on. He can point to his opening up MD as showing his conservative cred.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This, Hogan will not be voted for ever again.

He can’t run for Governor again and there’s no way he gets elected to anything else.

Exactly. So he might as well do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned. Which he is doing. I think this is a terrific and courageous move on his part.

* gain points with Republicans

Personally I think he did this to gain points with arsenal later on. He can point to his opening up MD as showing his conservative cred.

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Anonymous wrote:This seems a bit premature. Borrowing trouble.

+100.

+200

I'm all for reopening everything once people who want to get vaccinated can, but right now there are plenty of people with underlying medical conditions who can't get vaccinated, let alone anyone who wants a vaccine. We really can't wait another month or two?

You Debbie Downers say that every month or two.

There are three effective vaccines, and it appears likely that there will be enough for every adult in America by the end of May. We are vaccinating 2-3 million people a day. We can literally see the end of the tunnel. Everyone who dies between now and then is someone who wouldn't have died if they could have gotten vaccinated. I know that a lot of people don't give a sh** about anyone other than themselves, but Jesus, I hope that marshmallow tastes good.

+1 million

and bonus 1 million for the marshmallow reference.

DP and yes!! I bet most of the idiots on here who think this is a great move have no idea what that means. And 100% chance they would eat the marshmellow.

[Anonymous]

This makes no sense especially since MD has really lagged behind in % of its population vaccinated. And their system is awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad for those who have been vaccinated and can resume their lives. For so many, the pandemic is over.

I'm unvaccinated with medical conditions and feel so discouraged. It's hard to believe that everyone who wants a vaccine can have one by May.

I'm afraid this will spike our numbers and increase community spread for those of us unvaccinated.

Does anyone else unvaccinated feel as fearful as I am of catching Covid?

Me. Would I ok if I got it? Probably. Would it be really really really stupid if I got it NOW, just so that Hogan can try to burnish his reputation with the Republicans for that campaign for president he's embarking on, by lifting restrictions about 6 weeks too early? Yes.

[Anonymous]

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Exactly. So he might as well do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned. Which he is doing. I think this is a terrific and courageous move on his part.

If he actually wanted to do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned, he'd focus on a functioning vaccine sign-up and distribution system for the populations in his state most affected by covid.

But he doesn't, so he isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This, Hogan will not be voted for ever again.

He can’t run for Governor again and there’s no way he gets elected to anything else.

Exactly. So he might as well do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned. Which he is doing. I think this is a terrific and courageous move on his part.

Personally I think he did this to gain points with arsenal later on. He can point to his opening up MD as showing his conservative cred.

Conservative cred? Have you looked at the Republican party recently? He's not going anywhere in the Republican party after this. And he's been more cautious about reopening than some Democratic governors. He's not getting "conservative cred" on COVID.

If he wants to be a talking head on cable news, he's already gotten that locked up by being critical of Trump.

Basically, Hogan is unusually free to act in the best interest of the state without undue political influence.

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Great news!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Exactly. So he might as well do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned. Which he is doing. I think this is a terrific and courageous move on his part.

If he actually wanted to do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned, he'd focus on a functioning vaccine sign-up and distribution system for the populations in his state most affected by covid.

But he doesn't, so he isn't.

Perhaps. But do you see the Democrat-led counties doing that either?

Honestly, at this point it's too late. We were worried about vaccination capacity, so the plan was to use a combination of state, local and private providers. But then ended up with so few doses that, at least initially, we would have been better off keeping it centralized. With vaccine production still ramping up, it doesn't make sense to switch now. By the time we'd be able to change things, we'll have more doses than can be managed centrally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This, Hogan will not be voted for ever again.

He can’t run for Governor again and there’s no way he gets elected to anything else.

Exactly. So he might as well do what's best for the people of his state, politics be damned. Which he is doing. I think this is a terrific and courageous move on his part.

Personally I think he did this to gain points with arsenal later on. He can point to his opening up MD as showing his conservative cred.

Conservative cred? Have you looked at the Republican party recently? He's not going anywhere in the Republican party after this. And he's been more cautious about reopening than some Democratic governors. He's not getting "conservative cred" on COVID.

If he wants to be a talking head on cable news, he's already gotten that locked up by being critical of Trump.

Basically, Hogan is unusually free to act in the best interest of the state without undue political influence.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems a bit premature. Borrowing trouble.

+100.

+200

I'm all for reopening everything once people who want to get vaccinated can, but right now there are plenty of people with underlying medical conditions who can't get vaccinated, let alone anyone who wants a vaccine. We really can't wait another month or two?

Nope, we can't, because it's NEVER "another month or two." I am old enough to remember when we were told we were shutting down to "flatten the curve" and "prevent the hospitals from being overloaded." Well, the curve is flattened and the hospitals never overloaded. The goal posts just keep moving. Next it's going to be "well, ppl with underlying medical conditions and old people and service workers are vaccinated, but there's no vax for kids!! Can't you just wait two more months until all of the kids are vaxed?" No. Cut the BS.

This +1000. Covid 19 is not ever going away. There will always be a portion of the population that simply will not get the vaccine. This is called survival of the fittest. You can’t fix stupid. It is to the point now where opening up has to be considered a benefit for the majority. Over a million people have received their first shot. People still have to wear masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad for those who have been vaccinated and can resume their lives. For so many, the pandemic is over.

I'm unvaccinated with medical conditions and feel so discouraged. It's hard to believe that everyone who wants a vaccine can have one by May.

I'm afraid this will spike our numbers and increase community spread for those of us unvaccinated.

Does anyone else unvaccinated feel as fearful as I am of catching Covid?

Ok. So stay home. What's the problem? People aren't getting COVID from doctor's offices.

By the way, the claimmwasnt that everyone could be vaccinated by May. The claim was that we'll have produced enough doses by the end of May. Distribution and administration will take a bit more time.