It is infectious between people and it quickly became the first global pandemic of this century, mainly due to global travel.
Now it's an excuse so that people can be late. I think it's become a crutch.
People across Maryland know that Baltimore has made real progress and they're sick of Doug Duncan's unending barrage of negative, misleading attacks on the hard work of police officers, neighborhood and business leaders who have made the city safer.
People look for their leaders to show progress. And they look at mayors as people who solve problems. When they see someone who can show progress as mayor of a big city, they respect that.