Press Herald: "Our View: Don’t try to escape COVID by coming to rural Maine" - Geography Period 2
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We’ve got news for anyone who thinks they can escape the COVID-19 pandemic by coming to Maine. Too late. It’s here, too.
People want to save themselves and they go close to their families and they stay together because they either lose their jobs in the cities and go back home either in their village. That’s why people are moving.
COVID-19 is all around the world now, and people may want to try to escape to avoid getting the virus, but most likely it would be anywhere they would want to escape to as well.
But because of this lock down stuff its not easy for people to move and yeah
STAY SAFE PAYTON!
People thought one of the most least populated states would be a good place to go to escape Covid-19. The pull factor was less people meaning less chance of getting the virus. And the push factor was the coronavirus was back where they lived. But now, even Maine has cases showing that this migration just keeps pushing the spread
running from your problems can’t always be the answer and in this case staying in your house/bed is the best way to keep you and hundreds of people safe
A lot of people are trying to get away from covid (push factor) but everywhere they could go is already infected.
migration to other states will just cause a larger spread to places that are not as effected then the one you can from
something that shows migration is Covid-19 because it makes people not wanna live here anymore and it makes them want to leave.
This is a push factor something that will make people want to move because they don’t wanna catch it.
A lot of people wanna get out of this countries or wherever so they won’t get but there’s really no where to go.
Some people might want to leave and then come back when everything is calm down so that they have a less chance of gettign Covid-19.
Since Corona Virus is in those other areas it’s a push factor pushing those residents away to find a safer place to live while Maine didn’t have lot’s of people as well as it didn’t have Corona yet so it was a pull factor for all those fleeing from their original home.
even if you dont have the virus its best to stay home ans social distance when going out to protect yourself from others.
Moving to maine shows an example of a push factor. The need to move to a safer place, and the want to get away from the pandemic
I dont believe there is a safe place in the world currently for COVID 19. There are places that are safer than others but nowhere is completely safe
Not everyone has gotten the message clear that we need to social distancing. Some arent staying home and keeping everyone safe.
The more popular states have the higher number of case. Maine for an example doesnt have the largest number of cases but the number is still increasing.
To stop the spread of this virus you have to stay home to prevent yourself or others from getting sick and causing more of an outbreak then we have.
people migrate to escape the epicenter of the disease and don’t want to contract it themselves
most people do internal migration because of family being mostly inside the country and they migrate mostly to take care of the family far away
The fact that rural Maine had less confirmed cases made it a great place to go to
people may migrate for two reasons. either they were pushed out of their region because COVID-19 has become very high. or because Maine offers more safety.
Covid-19 could act as a push and pull factor. this could count as a enviormental factor, that causes people to migrate from one region of the country to another. which is also known as inter-regional migration.
I think They are trying to escape covid-19 because the dont want to get it
people are going crazy and trying to find a save spot were it hasent hit but it has hit everywhere and people dont believe that so they are going to try to find a spot that is free
I think the COVID-19 is a push because it caused families to move to get away from the virus.
people are trying to move and avoid the pandemic, which is a push factor, that is in their area so they tried to go somewhere with less cases
people don’t want to be in an area where there’s lots of cases o they’ll move to areas with less cases.
people would want to not move with the crowd because of corona so they will go to a state with less people
People do not want to be in an area where there is a lot of cases of the diseases so they moved to an area they think will have less cases of the disease.
Maine may not have the large number of cases seen in more populous states, but the number of confirmed cases is exploding, jumping from just one on March 12 to 275 on Monday. So far, the cases have been concentrated in the most densely populated parts of the state, but that doesn’t mean that COVID-19 isn’t being transmitted in the more rural corners as well. It just means that there has not been enough testing to identify exactly where the virus is spreading.
People want to move into an area without disease, so they moved into the area with less cases.
The reason for the unexpected and drastic increase in confirmed cases in Maine is because at the moment, there are many pull factors there. But with everyone going there to be safe, the virus will just get worse and spread. Eventually people will find another place to migrate too because they think it is safe but in the end they will just bring the virus with them there and spread it even more.
A lot of people are leaving because of the disease. Disease is one of the main push factors
there is a pandemic in the area causing a push factor of leaving a certain area to seak an area less infected
People are moving to places where they think there are less cases of the disease.
A push factor here is definitely the spread of disease, and pull factor for moving to the rural area is that people think that since there’s less people the virus won’t spread as easily
With Coronavirus being so widespread, people are trying to flee to areas with less cases. Having less cases is a pull factor.
a push factor would be that they are in a very densely populated area and want to move to get away from the disease and push factor would be them going to low populated areas hoping there is less of the disease there
People are terrified of the Coronavirus, and they want to get as far away from it as possible. People are confused and scared so they attempt to leave places that the news says are high risk places so they leave states such as New York, and head for lower risk states, Maine in this case. Coronavirus, or lack there of can be a pull factor, as states that are not considered to be the most desirable to live in, due to a number of factors, see an increase in residents.
When the virus first started booming in the U.S. people may have started to move to Maine from places with more cases and, in the process of doing so, turned the parts of Maine they moved to into the very places they were trying to escape. This process probably happened hundreds of times with hundreds of different familys and that was how the virus was spread so quickly throughout the U.S.
Covid-19 turned to be more dangerous then most thought, and people will try to find any way to get away from it. States who have higher population like Pennsylvania or New Jersey have more cases and many find a place like Maine with few cases and low population very appealing.
With Coronavirus spreading rapidly,many are trying to get as far away from it as they can. People who are trying to flee from the disease could actually be spreading it faster and making it spiral out of control.
I feel like maines cases might be high because is boarding the ocean where trades usually get get sent.
Maine has been seeing an influx of people since Coronavirus has started, this is due to the fact that people see it as a safe place to go; less population equals less cases right? This jump in population is an example of absorption; The gain of population due to migration over time.
this is an example of intraregional migration because the virus has not only moved between highly populated areas it also moved into rural areas as well
this could also count as interregional migration, because people could be migrating from one region of the country to another.
So far, the cases have been concentrated in the most densely populated parts of the state, but that doesn’t mean that COVID-19 isn’t being transmitted in the more rural corners as well.
Reason: People/families are moving to the rural part of the state, because not that much people live there, and they think it’s saver because, there virus spread in most populated areas. But the virus can spread everywhere, because People can also come with the v
We really can’t tell where there isn’t coronavirus anymore, so travel to escape it is useless.
The covid 19 has hit are country very hard as our death toll continues to rise everyday with a warning there will be a second way the goverment has advised people to stay home and practice social distancing for their own good
we don’t have test kits for sale
One piece of public health guidance has been constant – stay home. Social distancing is the best way to slow the spread of the virus and prevent catastrophic failures of the health care system caused by a sudden influx of very sick patients, as has been seen in Italy and other countries. Whether you live in Brooklyn, New York, or Brooklin, Maine, your best chance to avoid getting sick or spreading the disease is to stay where you are and minimize your contact with other people.
During the Covid-19 outbreak, the most important thing that is constantly stressed is to stay home. This can cause immigrating and emigrating to severely cut back when everyone is trying to stay safe and sheltered.
It is being recommended to stay home to stop spread the virus, but a reason the virus continues to spread is that there are people who are still going out and not social distancing.
Many places are now heavily advised to stay home/be quarantined in attempt to stop the spread of Coronavirus. Yet people are still migrating around to try to find places that aren’t affected. This could mean either Interregional or Intraregional Migration. Some people are moving to other regions while others are just trying to find another place in their own region. This movement is bad because it helps the spread of Covid-19.
People aren’t staying home and thats whats making this worse. Social distancing is trying to slow the spread of covid but with people still out and about its not working.
People are less likely to migrate during the Coronavirus because it is recommended that they stay where they are and keep social contact to a minimum.
This is a pull factor because migration and immigrant levels have decreased since the covid-19 outbreak
Social distancing is a good thing. Yet I feel that in hospitals it is a little strict when it comes to women in labor. Many people are having their babies and the fathers cant even come in to visit.
i think its a reasonable measure to take, since the baby doesn’t have the strongest immune system it could put the baby at risk as well as the mother
It not like a lot of people that spend their time on their phone.
families leave countries to avoid things like diseases, and so they try to find somewhere safe to stay
due to COVID-19 borders are closed so its hard for people to find places to stay
alot of people are moving international because of this but thats why its spreding so much because its hard to stay cautious especially when theres places that people dont have the opportunity to wash their hands before they eat
This virus would normally be a huge push factor but since it’s all over the world there’s nowhere for people to go except inside their own houses
people need to follow the rules for an outbreak like this. stay away from each other and stay inside.
Some people don’t believe in staying home but it helps. In the long run
The stay at home order prevents anyone from going places, let alone leaving the country. Lockdowns in major cities completley block them off, and most countries have closed off their borders.
This stay home order has prevented all sorts of migration as everyone is staying at home
we need to stay at home to stop the spreed
this is an example of international migration because the virus has traveled to more the one country
The government wants to stop the amount of people going out so that if they do catch it it won’t go anywhere
this can be an example of international migration because the virus has spread to more than one country
this is an example of international migration because once again it shows the disease hasn’t just been traveling around one country but it’s been travel to many countries
This says that people should stay in their houses and not move to other areas.
Being that cautious is hard because what if your shopping and someone touches something but they put it back but then you take it, then you got the virus
The idea of an area or state with minimal cases of Covid-19 could be seen as a pull factor; a reason people would want to travel to that area. That becomes an issue when too many people travel and create a problem, the best thing to do in an unexpected situation like this is to stay home and limit your contact with others.
Unfortunately, not everyone is getting the message. Property management companies report that they are getting calls from summer residents, asking them to turn on their water and clean up their cottages months earlier than normal. Tensions are rising in places like the island community of Vinalhaven, where resident vigilantes reportedly felled a tree and dragged it across a driveway because they’d heard that out-of-state tenants of the rental property were not adequately quarantining themselves.
While this may be people’s initial reaction to others being plain stupid. I think their intentions were to put the tree across the driveway in an attempt to get them not to leave and therefore forcing them to quarantine against their will. This shows, however, how much this virus has affected people psychologically when making decisions.
people need to just stay inside and benifit not only themselves, but the others around them as well
This just shows how hard it is to keep people under control in a time like this. No one person can have everyone be rational in a world crisis
listen to what the CDC is telling people. think about the people you care about. I haven’t gone outside in what feels like decades to keep my brother safe.
people don’t usually listen to reason in times of panic
Most summer homes are somewhat isolated from cities and people would love to get out of places like apartments or community homes even if that means paying more for water or electricity bills. People are getting desperate to find ways to stay safe.
The way that the coronavirus came so unexpectantly is really getting into people’s heads. They are acting in fear, and attempting to take matters into their own hands, which in this case, is not a good thing. Their is a problem with how these summer tennants are acting, but that gives you no right to attempt them harm, by dropping a tree on them. I think this could cause people to move because having neighboors that dislike you and try to harm you is something that people want to get away from, so in more ways than one, being a vigilante causes more harm than good.
people may fear this virus, but it doesn’t give them the right to damage other peoples property. there may be reasons why people have come to there house, they may need essentials stuff done to the house like repairs. Even if they may not be practicing social distancing, then just stay away from them. if you would go to a store most people practice social distancing, but you will see people with kids and there whole families there. yet no one has done anything, the store hasn’t put any regulations out about it either.
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Then there was the Massachusetts man, identified only as “Jeff,” who told Boston sports radio WEEI last week that he had headed up to a vacation home in Skowhegan because he thought he would be safer.
“Jeff” moved out of his house and went to his vacation home because he thought it would be safer.
he thought that by moving up north hed have a better chance at not chatching it
This isn’t a great example of it because it may not be permanent but this shows a subtle interregional migration. He is moving to a new place within the country
It didn’t work, though. Jeff got sick and was treated at Redington-Fairview Hospital, where he tested positive for coronavirus.
The man named Jeff is a great example of how running from the virus truly won’t get you anywhere. Though there may be a smaller population where his vacation home is, the high risk of catching Covid-19 is everywhere.
Let’s be honest here, the CDC said stay home, and jeff decided to leave to go somewhere he thought would be safer. If jeff would have listened to what was said, he would have been safe, however he decided to go against what professionals are saying. This is just one way Corona is turning out to be an environmental push everywhere.
Jeff displays a good example of what not to do in this situation, and got sick because of it. its best people just stay home and stay safe rather then trying to travel away from it.
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Whether Jeff brought the virus with him from home or picked it up somewhere on his journey, his case shows why it’s a mistake to try to escape it by heading for the hills.
COVID-19 can be anywhere, and a way to help prevent catching it is to stay at home.
Trying to move from on place to another place takes a lot of work, involving going out to buy stuff for the house or getting new groceries or supplies that it is not worth the risk. Staying inside and limiting your need to go out or migrate is the best option.
The best way to stop it is just to stay home and not go anywhere unless necessary
This proves that self isolation in your home is better then going to a urban area.
That’s why you should stay at home and not outrun it or you can spread it.
If you think you are getting out of an area where coronavirus is circulating, there is a good chance you will bring it to your refuge and infect people there. Even if you are not carrying the virus, you could still catch it out in the country unless you are following the exact same social distancing procedures that would have kept you safe back home.
Jeff is demonstrating Intraregional Migration because he is moving within one region to his vacation home. He is moving to get away from Covid-19 but what he doesn’t realize is that he may spread it to others who are safe. Or he may get infected from others by simply leaving
In our country there are a lot of people who think like Jeff. Currently there is a lot of interregional and intraregional migration. People think if they flee there are they will be safe but all they are doing is putting themselves and everyone else in danger. The best thing everyone can do right now is stay at home and limit your contact with other people.
This sentence again shows how people should not be migrating during the Coronavirus outbreak.
refugee camps are attracting people but with that there is such a high risk of a spread of covid 19 that can effect everyone at the camp
jeff is moving within on region to his vacation home which demonstrates intraregional migration
People are trying to go to other areas we’re they think it is gone but there are none
exactly as the article states, migrating from a highly populated area to a more rural less populated area is going to do nothing to keep you safer from the virus. The only reasonable way to protect yourself is to take the necessary measures government officials are calling for; stay inside. Nevertheless people are still selfishly making the decision to flee their hometowns and take shelter in rural Maine, this is and example of intraregional migration
Because of disease, people are scared and want to move to a area where less disease is.
yes but even if you do have COVID-19 you should still stay in your home bc the lines to get tested are getting larger evryday
people are in areas where corona virus is very typical among the people so they are pushed away from that place. that could be considered an environmental push factor because the environment around them is filled with people having Corona so they don’t want to be in that environment anymore. So then other places that aren’t as bad people are pulled to them because they have a better environment.
It doesnt matter if Have it or not just stay at home and it will die out faster but there can be a possible chance of it coming back
Thinking that you could escape corona virus to better yourself has led to many people getting sick. Makeing more people to leave base on the enviroment their in making this a push factor.
i agree with that but whats to stop a person who delivering something to pass on the virus to the house.
If you are moving to get away from the virus, you could actually be spreading it faster. Many people can have the virus and not even know it, so it is just best to stay home and practice social distancing whether you think you have the virus or not.
Even if u don’t carry the Corona there’s still a high chance of catching it
saying that you should keep your distance because if you have it or not you can still get it or even pass it on.
And having fewer neighbors doesn’t mean you’ll be safer when illness strikes. Small towns and island communities don’t have robust health care infrastructure and are not equipped to handle a sudden influx of patients. It doesn’t take much to overwhelm volunteer ambulance services and rural hospitals. Just a few extra cases could mean there isn’t enough life-saving capacity to go around.
Staying in your house is more important than anything right now. Even if your town has good healthcare or not many neighbors, the danger of Covid-19 still stands and everyone has to do their part.
Many places in the US are running low on medical supplies, and many places in the US aren’t equipped to handle issues like this. So leaving could mean taking away medical supplies from someone who needs it more, like a ventilator
I feel more people in smaller towns and islands are going to have more people migrating to them.
This is an example of why people are willing to go to bigger cities, to seek for better hospital.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a rare domestic travel advisory for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut for the next 14 days, urging residents to refrain from any unnecessary travel.
They know that the best way to do that is to keep everyone away from each other. They keep shutting down everything that could cause people to be close to one another and they finally shut down some airports to stop the flow of incoming people and possible cases. They mainly shut down these state’s airports because that’s where most immigrate travel to, and they’re traveling here because they think it’ll save them however, the U.S. is in just as deep as most other countries, so we had to stop the flow of immigration to save our country. Which may be a push factor for some Americans, but it had to be done.
New York, New Jersey and Connecticut put their people on lock down to try and help stop the spread, which could make people upset, being trapped, but may also make people feel safer.
its a push factor because of all the cases people want to leave new York and move to a safer place.
That’s good advice for everyone, everywhere. We can’t outrun this virus – we can only try to limit its spread.
The phrase “We can’t outrun this virus” shows that this is not the type of thing that people can emigrate away from.
the part where it says “we can’t out run the viruthes” this shows that you can’t get away from it and you just have to do what is in your power to help it stop spreading
I say this because the U.S. and Europe are two places that a ton of people migrate to, but right now, they’re being hit pretty hard by COVID. So I would think not as many people are coming to the U.S. and Europe right now, and I’d be interested to see just how much the global migration patterns change.
I see what your saying. I wonder if they are going to place that are considered “the next best thing” or if people are following what the CDC is saying and staying where they are unless for necessary travel.
i think that migration patterns are changing because of this pandemic
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People are trying to leave the highly populated areas because now travel outside of country is not an option, by leaving town they think they will have a lower chance of getting Covid-19
Covid-19 is a huge push factor for a lot of families that already have some sort of non communicable disease because it is even more dangerous and effective if someone who has a disease catches it
Covid-19 is also kind of a pull factor because people who think if they catch the disease they will need the best health care they can get so they will migrate into a city or state with high end health care
so stay safe and stay at home cause any option of migration is putting yourself at risk and others at risk of getting Covid-19.
by moving around and going placing makes a higher chance of getting or giving COVID-19
people probably don’t think that its that serious of a situation. they aren’t getting the answers that they want and are just ignoring it.
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