马里兰州居民周六在安纳波利斯的街道上拥堵，这是一场大篷车式的抗议活动，抗议该州在冠状病毒大流行期间采取的封锁措施。
莉莉·普莱斯是《华尔街日报》的记者资本公报安纳波利斯的一家报纸发布了一段抗议视频:“马里兰州的重新开放抗议是通过汽车而不是步行聚集的。很多的犄角和起哄。”
普莱斯还在推特上发布了这段视频:“拥堵的路线正以缓慢但有序的方式遵循环形交通模式。”
普莱斯在推特上发布了一张照片，一名妇女举着一块牌子，上面写着:“现在是2020年，不是奥威尔的1984年。”她在推特上写道:“娜塔莉·布朗是一个经营旅行社的小企业主。她说，她理解人们正在死亡，但关闭将“从长远来看，如果经济不尽快开放，会杀死更多的人。”"
这场抗议发生在美国东部时间周六下午12点至2点之间，由“重开马里兰”组织发起。根据该组织的网页，该组织由“关注大规模关闭和学校关闭对COVID-19的影响的马里兰州公民组成”。声明还称，他们是一个和平的倡导团体，希望“立即、负责任地重新开放[的]商业、教育和宗教机构。”
该团体就以下问题发出请愿书Change.org周四要求州长拉里·霍根“立即”重开该州
“我们承认COVID-19造成的悲剧，并意识到这是一个重大的公共健康问题。然而，由关闭引起的经济、社会和教育的混乱肯定会造成严重的，甚至更大的伤害，导致更多的死亡、经济混乱、失去生计以及对马里兰人和他们的家庭的教育挑战，并且可以采用破坏性小得多的方法来控制疾病，”请愿书说。
“马里兰人每天都在努力支付账单，维持家庭团结，确保他们孩子的幸福，并保持联系。研究表明，无经济破坏性的社会隔离措施足以控制COVID-19的传播，我们呼吁霍根州长听取他的选民的意见，并立即开始负责任地重新开放我们的州。”
共和党州代表周五给霍根发了一封信，要求他“考虑一种地区性的方法来放松限制”资本公报报告，例如在该州的农村地区。
霍根在周五的每日冠状病毒简报会上说，国家采取的措施，包括关闭被认为不必要的企业，是必要的。
“我完全理解为什么人们急于让事情进行下去。霍根说:“我想和其他人一样，让我们的经济复苏，尽快开放市场，但我们也必须以安全的方式这样做。”。
据美国《每日邮报》报道，马里兰州迄今已有12308例新冠状病毒确诊病例，463人死亡马里兰COVID-19数据仪表板。
马里兰州安纳波利斯——4月17日:2020年4月17日，马里兰州安纳波利斯，马里兰州州长拉里·霍根(Larry Hogan)在马里兰州政府大楼前的新闻发布会上对记者谈到了正在进行的新型冠状病毒大流行。马里兰学校的负责人卡伦·萨蒙宣布所有的州立公立学校将一直关闭到5月15日。
MARYLAND RESIDENTS CONDUCT CARAVAN PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNOR'S CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS
Maryland residents gridlocked the streets of Annapolis Saturday in a caravan-style protest against the state's lockdown measures during the coronavirus pandemic.
Lilly Price, a reporter for the Capital Gazette, an Annapolis newspaper, tweeted out a video of the protest: "The Reopen Maryland protest is gathering by car rather than on foot. Lots of horns and heckling."
Price also tweeted this footage: "The gridlock route is following circle traffic patterns in a slow, but orderly fashion."
Price tweeted a picture of one woman who held a sign that read, "It's 2020, not Orwell's 1984." She wrote in her tweet: "Natalie Brown is a small-business owner who runs a travel agency. She said she understands people are dying but the shutdown will "'kill more people in the long run if the economy doesn't open soon.'"
The protest, which took place between 12 and 2 p.m. ET Saturday, was organized by Reopen Maryland, a Facebook group "of Maryland citizens concerned about the impact of mass shutdowns and school closures in response to COVID-19," according to their page. It also stated that they are a peaceful advocacy group who wants the "immediate, responsible reopening of [Maryland's] business, educational, and religious institutions."
The group put out a petition on Change.org Thursday asking Governor Larry Hogan reopen the state "immediately."
"We acknowledge the tragedy caused by COVID-19 and appreciate that it is a significant public health concern. However, the economic, social and educational disruption caused by shutdowns is guaranteed to cause significant, even greater, harm, leading to increased deaths, economic disruption, loss of livelihood, and educational challenges for Marylanders and their families, and far less disruptive means of managing the disease can be employed," the petition states.
"Marylanders are struggling daily to pay bills, maintain family unity, ensure their children's well-being, and remain connected. Research has demonstrated that non-economically disruptive social distancing measures can be sufficient to control the spread of COVID-19, and we call upon Governor Hogan to hear his constituents and immediately begin the responsible reopening of our state."
Republican state delegates sent a letter to Hogan Friday asking him to "consider a regional approach to relaxing the restrictions," the Capital Gazette reported, such as in rural areas of the state.
Hogan said during his daily coronavirus briefing Friday that the measures taken by the state, which include closing down businesses deemed non-essential, are necessary.
"I completely understand why people are anxious to get things going. I want to get our economy back and get things opened up as quickly as possible just as much as anybody does, but we're also going to have to do that in a safe manner," Hogan said.
Maryland has 12,308 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus to date and 463 deaths, according to the Maryland COVID-19 Data Dashboard.
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND - APRIL 17: Maryland Governor Larry Hogan talks to reporters during a news briefing about the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic in front of the Maryland State House April 17, 2020 in Annapolis, Maryland. Maryland Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon announced that all state public schools will remain closed until May 15.
