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The local numbers mean nothing, as long as people are traveling from places where the pandemic is more intense. Western MD does not exist in a vacuum.

This is what people cannot grasp. Sure, schools can open. But I hope no one will be surprised when cases go right back up.

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But it sort of does. [b]People have been saying "oh wait until it spreads to rural areas" since March, and it hasn't happened. It's been 6 months.[/b]

I think these areas are less likely to have a spread by design. Those counties are fairly isolated. The nearest major city if you live in Garrett County is Pittsburgh and it's 2 hours away. Same with the nearest airport. People who live there aren't working in DC or Baltimore -- it's just too far.

Then add in that it's more rural and people are more spread out. You have fewer people living in cramped apartment buildings. If you look in Montgomery County, most of the non-nursing breakouts are in areas with a high population density and close living conditions, like Silver Spring, and not in Boyds or Mt Airy (data by zipcode is on MD's website).

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The  issue with spread to rural areas is it is isn't  linear and predictable, it just takes one  group of unlucky and/or careless people. Like at that wedding in Maine, or one church that refused to mask up where an outbreak started in my parents' rural county last month, for the first time since March. In those areas being open but  nimble to close (as happened in my childhood school district when too many staff got sick) is key. [/quote]

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