By Emmy Ribero<\/p>\n
On May 15th the \u201cStay at Home\u201d order was lifted for every county in Maryland. Governor Larry Hogan said that the number of positive cases within the state were starting to decline, meaning it would be safe for residents to visit recreational areas again. Hogan implemented a new and less strict \u201cSafer at Home\u201d advisory, which means that Social distancing is still in effect and events that require large groups are still canceled. This new advisory wouldn\u2019t be regulated by law enforcement, it is highly recommended to help \u201cflatten the curve\u201d of the coronavirus so Maryland can officially open sooner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The coronavirus crisis is far from over in the United States, let alone in Maryland. While the number of cases are decreasing, the number of new cases each day is still in the upper hundreds. In fact, on May 19th, a few days after the announcement of the new advisory, the cases sharply increased. Since then, the new cases are declining but Maryland is still 10th in the nation for most COVID-19 cases. \u201cI personally think it\u2019s too early to lift the order. I feel like it should still be heavily regulated. Stores should open but heavily regulated.\u201d Says Junior Lily Ribero. She believes that the \u201cStay at Home\u201d order should remain in effect because while cases are decreasing, there are still too many for it to be safe to go out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The \u201c Safer at Home Advisory\u201d means that people are able to leave home for more than essentials, such as recreation. It is very important to note that social distancing is still in effect. Seeing non family members without masks and within 6 feet apart is still considered to be unsafe. It is also required to still wear a mask, especially in stores, and when riding public transportation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The pandemic is far from over in Maryland, and people should still be taking the\u00a0 necessary precautions to ensure the\u00a0 health and safety of themselves and others.. Residents should only go out into public if it\u2019s necessary or taken with caution. Marylanders should all work together to help flatten the curve of COVID-19 so it can be gone for good.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Emmy Ribero On May 15th the \u201cStay at Home\u201d order was lifted for every county in Maryland. Governor Larry Hogan said that the number of positive cases within the state were starting to decline, meaning it would be safe for residents to visit recreational areas again. Hogan implemented a new and less strict \u201cSafer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EYD8e_ZVcAEUQ57.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1224,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1222\/revisions\/1224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}