Concerns over reopening too early

Concerns over reopening too early

TODAY━ MORE THAN 30 STATESARE PARTIALLY BACK OPEN,WORKING TO GET BACK TO SOMEFORM OF NORMALCY.

HEALTHEXPERTS SAY THAT'S TOO SOON,WITH THE VIRUS STILLSPREADING..

WMAR 2 NEWS ERINMACPHERSON JOINS US LIVE FROMTHE INNER HARBOR━ THAT WASPRETTY BUSY THIS WEEKEND.THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL THISWEEKEND SO A LOT OF PEOPLEWERE OUT AND ABOUT TAKINGADVANTAGE OF IT.

WE GOT A LOTOF REPORTS OF PEOPLE WHO WEREIN BIG CROWDS WATCHING THEBLUE ANGELS OR HANGING OUTOGETHER WITHOUT MASKS ON.THIS IS ADDING TO THE CONCERNOF SEEING ANOTHER SPIKE INCORONAVIRUS CASES HERE INMARYLAND.

EXPERTS ARECONCERNED R━ OPENING THINGSAND LIFTING THE ORDERS WILLCAUSE A BIGGER ISSUE━ A NEWSURGE OF THE VIRUS.

A DOCTORAT JOHNS HOPKINS━ WHO'S ONEOF THE DOCTORS ADVISINGGOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN ON THECORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE━ SAYSHES WORRIED WE COULD SEE NEWCASES THROUGH THE SUMMER ANDFALL IF WE STOP SOCIALDISTANCING SINCE THE VIRUSHASN'T CHANGED━ IT'S STILLHIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE.

THENATION'S TOP INFECTIOUS DISASEEXPERT HAS THE SAME CONCERNS━ THAT SOME ARE MOVING TOFAST.

"There's no doubt in mymind that when you pull backmitigation you're going tostart to see cases crop uphere and there.

And if you'renot able to handle them you'regoing to see another peakspike" TODAY━ ARIZONA,FLORIDA, INDIANA AND MISSOURISTARTED EASING THEIRRESTRICTIONS.

THAT MAKES 32STATES THAT HAVE AT LEASTPARTIALLY OPENED.

GOVERNORHOGAN HAS STATED WE WILL NOTSTART PHASE ONE OF RECOVERYUNTIL WE HAVE SEEN A DROP INNUMBER FOR 14 DAYS━ FOLLOWINGTHE NATIONAL GUIDELINES.

RIGHTNOW, THOSE NUMBERS ARE STILLGOING UP.

LIVE AT THE INNERHARBOR━