{"id":10702,"date":"2020-03-13T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsa.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=10702"},"modified":"2020-03-13T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T20:21:00","slug":"salem-ma-and-the-coronavirus-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/13\/salem-ma-and-the-coronavirus-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Salem, MA and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my goodness. I don&#8217;t know about you guys but I am so overwhelmed with all of this Coronavirus stuff. It&#8217;s scary and a lot to process all at once. I have been seeing tons of questions and concerned comments over in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/thingstodoinsalem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook group<\/a> about visiting Salem, MA right now as well as in my direct messages on <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thingstodoinsalem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>. You may find yourself wondering right now if it&#8217;s safe to visit Salem. Is everything shut down? How do I know if I should postpone my trip?<\/p>\n<p>Those are all very good questions. Today on the blog I wanted to offer up some information and resources that will hopefully help you make the most informed decisions.<\/p>\n<h3>Safety first<\/h3>\n<p>I can&#8217;t stress this enough. If you&#8217;re worried or are someone who is at a high risk for illness&#8230;safety first. Above all else.<\/p>\n<h3>Reference the following websites<\/h3>\n<p>The city of Salem as well as the folks behind Destination Salem have been organizing information as it comes in. You can find those links in the following places:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salem.org\/covid19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness in Salem, Massachusetts<\/a> (Salem.org) &lt;&#8211; This link contains business specific closures and info!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salem.com\/home\/news\/city-salem-prepares-coronavirus-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Salem Prepares for Coronavirus (COVID-19)<\/a> (Salem.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/resource\/information-on-the-outbreak-of-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information on the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)<\/a> (Mass.gov)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)<\/a> (CDC.gov)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Check social media<\/h3>\n<p>If there is a certain business or event you&#8217;re wondering about, check social media. Updates are available in real time and will let you know what&#8217;s going on. I also suggest signing up for the newsletters of the attractions in Salem you are wanting to know about. I have been getting emails directly from many businesses and attractions with info the moment it becomes available.<\/p>\n<h3>How can you still support Salem&#8217;s businesses?<\/h3>\n<p>Creative North Shore published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativenorthshore.com\/covid19-financial-survival-guide-how-to-take-care-of-yourself-how-to-support-each-other\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fantastic blog post<\/a> regarding that. Please, please give it a read and learn about the ways you can help minimize the financial effects this has on small businesses and creative efforts in the witch city.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps. Stay safe, everyone! 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I don&#8217;t know about you guys but I am so overwhelmed with all of this Coronavirus stuff. It&#8217;s scary and a lot to process all at once. I have been seeing tons of questions and concerned comments over in my Facebook group about visiting Salem, MA right now as well as in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,17],"tags":[4227,4228,836,33,847,1186,36,18,19,4229,4230,181,26,27,24,20,21,428,429,25],"class_list":["post-10702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salem-news","category-travel-your-visit","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-destination-salem","tag-haunted-happenings","tag-historic-new-england","tag-historic-salem","tag-north-shore","tag-salem","tag-salem-ma","tag-salem-ma-and-the-coronavirus","tag-salem-ma-coronavirus-preparedness","tag-salem-ma-news","tag-salem-mass","tag-salem-massachusetts","tag-the-witch-city","tag-things-to-do-in-salem","tag-things-to-do-in-salem-ma","tag-visit-salem","tag-visit-salem-ma","tag-witch-city-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingstodoinsalem.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}