Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday that the state’s Stay Home order — Ohio’s version of “Shelter in Place” — will be extended to May 1. It’s an action, the Governor said, that is necessary to save lives.
Authorized by executive order, the extension will go into effect the moment the previous order expires on April 6. DeWine said that the Coronavirus surge is likely to strike Ohio somewhere between mid-April and mid-May, and he felt he had no other choice but to continue along an aggressive mitigation strategy as cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.
The state is now reporting 2,902 confirms cases of COVID-19, with 802 hospitalizations and 81 fatalities. Cuyahoga County now has the highest numbers statewide in all of the above categories, including 12 deaths.
The Stay Home order includes the closure of non-essential businesses and has been modified and clarified in response to questions and suggestions from local governments and citizens. Businesses that remain open, for example, will now be required to identify and post the total number of customers who are allowed inside the premises at any given time.
Weddings and funerals will not be canceled, per DeWine, but receptions must be limited to 10 people or fewer.
In terms of outdoor recreation, DeWine stressed the importance of social distancing, especially as the weather begins to warm and more people are eager to spend time outside. Fishing will be permitted, he said, but all campgrounds will be closed, except those at which recreational vehicles function as permanent residences.
Additionally, anyone traveling into Ohio (from anywhere other neighboring states) will be asked to self-quarantine for 14 days.
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This article appears in Apr 1-7, 2020.
They just keep pushing this “surge” that never happens further and further out.
I talked to hospital employees today who said the places are empty without elective surgeries going in. Nurses are being laid off after their floor is turned into a covid floor and left empty because there are so few cases. So seriously why all this surge projection and building all the extra hospital space when they are not using what they have already?
SCENE has a sister publication in Detroit: Metro Times.
They have ONE rule and one only: “Don’t be a jerk or we’ll ban you.”
If the Motor City can do it, why can’t Cleveland?
Clean out the cesspool or shut this puppy down.
Cleveland doesn’t need this shit, especially right now.
Ohio is doing better than most of its neighboring states.
Don’t let the conspiracy/hoax spammers f’k that up.
If that means replacing a mask with a muzzle, so be it.
Desperate times, desperate measures. Just do it.
Loyal longtime readers are waiting for somebody at this site to grow a pair.
These idiots keep failing to realize that the only reason a surge hasn’t occured, in this state, is because of early action taken by DeWine and the rest of the people with brains who are taking this thing seriously. There has been a 50% increase in cases in the US as a whole in the past 3 days. Not surprising, considering there are still 8 dumb fuck states who have taken 0 preventative measures and the amount of states that only very recently started to take this thing seriously.
The moron in the White House has bungled this thing from the very beginning. We should’ve been preparing for this thing as a whole in January when he first was briefed on what this was going to look like. Because of his dumbfuckery and the absolute stupidity of the morons who elected him to office, this thing is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better. Thank you, idiot asshole Trump voters, way to go.
I, for one, am glad to live in a state where we have a Governor who’s smarter than the orange moron that you dummies elected. If you’re still alive to bitch and spread conspiracy theories and sow discontent in the comment section here, you should be as well.
Shut it down? Fuck that, keep it open so we can use all this whining and dumbass speculation against the morons who are doing it in the future. Though I’m sure they’ll find a way to rationalize why all their “brilliant” predictions have failed, again, just like they do every time there’s a disaster and just like they have been doing since the 70s.
It’s a bolt with little wings on it so it can be turned by hand.
But on comment boards like this one? Right-WING NUT case.
No. Shut it DOWN so the handful of assholes will finally shut UP.
Without SCENE’s comments, there’s NOWHERE for their rants.
Open it up again? Yes–when things go from abnormal to sub-normal.
DeWine is saving yourworthless ass, Wingnut. You should be kissing his…and thanking him that you’re still alive and able to shit all over this board every day.
Yeah dude, you’re crazy. You come on everyday and log in under different names while trying to get your try-hard “sossodd” thing going on different articles. Everything you dont like is right wing conspiracy theory and you even hate on “what a dump”. You regularly threaten “the one lone wingnut”. And why?
Because you don’t like what they are saying. Grow up baby.
You dont even have an account and you expect scene to listen to your requests? Did you even donate? They won’t shut down the comment section anyways. The articles with all the comments are the ones that get the clicks.
Only a real moron could still support that orange dipshit after how bad he’s fucked all of us by his months of denial and attempts to talk his way out of a pandemic.
You diehards truly are the dumbest of the dumb
That’s hilarious
Says only one side can’t take sharing the planet with those of different values and opinions
Then says we’re all fucked unless we drop our ideology and join his side, but we’re the ones with the egos
Roflroflroflroflroflrofl
What a dunce.
All of your supposed stored monetary reserves and medicine isn’t going to do you a bit of good when you’re too stupid to figure out things like irony and hypocrisy. Good luck, you dope.
And what exactly do you acknowledge Mr 5g? None of your ramblings are panning out. Come over to your side,,,what side is that. Do you have even an iota of proof as to the shit you spew? I hope you and all your nutcase pals all get together real soon to protect yourself from the national guard,,,,get close really close to each other
So let’s see Mr 5 g,,,,so far you’ve logged in under 9 different names and you have 9 likes on your comments above,,,how ironic. Come on buddy, there’s nothing to worry about. Hook up with your pals and hang out for a few days,,,get really close,,,nothing to worry about,,,right
Doubtful, my retarded friend, very doubtful, but whatever helps you sleep at night.
The only glub glub glub we’re likely to hear will be from your mouth, due to your lungs filling up with phlegm from Coronavirus. Let’s see how much the things you have that you obviously take a stupid amount of pride in, will help you then. I’m guessing not at all.
I can tell by your attitude that you’re a crusty old douche who’s in love with the smell of his own farts, so honestly you’ll probably be dead long before any shit really hits the proverbial fan. The hubris of thinking you already know better than those who know much more than you do will be your demise, and guns, money and whatever other material possessions you’re counting on to save you will be of no help.
Enjoy those last breaths, maybe you’ll see just how awful you were before the last bit of life leaves you, but I very much doubt it. Not like it will matter anyway…
Let’s see, trust medical experts and scientists who have spent their whole lives studying and preparing for this, or a bunch of narcissistic fools who do not believe in science and value the dollar over people? My advice to all is to place your bets on the individuals who want to keep you alive, and please stay home!
I pray that nobody from anywhere other than Cleveland is still bothering with this cesspool, because it has never made Cleveland look so narrow-minded, paranoid, bigoted, and dumber than dirt.
Everybody who still shows up here is an asshole, no matter what side they’re on, and SCENE lacks the stones to do a goddam thing bout it.
Shakespeare said it best when he proclaimed “A plague on both your houses. ” And those words have never been more meaningful than they are right now.
And a plague on those at SCENE, for allowing things to get this bad and this out-of -control. This used to be a damn good site. No more.
But you blew it. You totally blew it. A plague on your house, too.
Still don’t know who Ralph and SOSSODD and Grizz 65 are. I’m just me. But you’re right about one thing…it’s all about the clicks now, and not the content. That’s why this place has gone to hell and will probably go under before this mess we’re in is over.