Editorial: Don’t try to escape COVID by coming to rural Maine

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 31, 2020

Property management companies are getting calls from summer residents, asking them to turn on their water and clean up their cottages months earlier than normal. For anyone who thinks they can escape the COVID-19 pandemic by coming to Maine. Too late. It’s here, too. Whether you live in Brooklyn, New York, or Brooklin, Maine, you have the your best chance to avoid getting sick or of spreading the disease is staying where you are and minimizing your contact with other people.