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Ohiogal

(35,714 posts)
Wed May 6, 2020, 11:05 AM May 2020

Yep we still have our share of idiots in Ohio [View all]

Who have no compassion or common sense

And guess what, they’re Republicans!



Unhappy with Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio House moves to limit health director’s power

Republican lawmakers have introduced an amendment that would limit any stay-at-home order issued by the Ohio Department of Health to 14 days.

If the department wanted to extend the order beyond those two weeks, it would need the approval of an existing bipartisan committee called the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review made up of five representatives and five senators.

“The joint committee shall determine the period of the extension, if any,” according to the amendment.

A House committee is scheduled to vote on the amendment Wednesday morning -- potentially setting up a vote by the full House on Wednesday afternoon.

Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Director of Health Dr. Amy Acton issued the first “stay-at-home” health order March 23 and have extended a revised version until the end of May in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

DeWine and Acton have both called the orders necessary, but many members of the governor’s own party have expressed disagreement, saying the number of deaths in the Buckeye State don’t justify the economic hardships being born by businesses and residents who are out of work. They’ve been calling on the governor to reopen the state faster.

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200506/unhappy-with-dr-amy-acton-ohio-house-moves-to-limit-health-directorrsquos-power?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Columbus%20Dispatch%20breaking-news%202020-05-0615:39:13&utm_content=COLD_CD&utm_term=050620

******* “deaths don’t justify economic hardship.”

Did they even stop to think that Ohio’s death numbers are below neighboring states BECAUSE of Dr. Acton’s orders??

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