As far as schools go, I will be interested to hear what he has to say. Here was the original decision metric he offered on August 27 when he declared all schools safe to reopen.
The number of new cases has been steadily rising. The seven day statewide positivity rate was around 2.6% in late September, and today it is 4.21 %. The new cases reported today (almost 1,200) was the highest total since July. Hospitalizations have been rising. At this point, I'm not sure that any of the jurisdictions should have more than very limited in person learning under these metrics, and a few should be entirely virtual.
As of today, at least seven counties in Maryland have positivity greater than 5%.
Allegheny
Dorchester
Garrett
Harford
Prince Georges
Queen Anne's
Somerset
In addition, at least nine counties have more than 15 cases per 100,000 or are very close to it.
Allegheny
Anne Arundel
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Dorchester
PG
Somerset
Washington
Wicomico
The opportunity for in person learning any time soon has probably slipped away for the majority of students in this state. I wish people would take this more seriously.