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The mayor noted that the
action of the NBA and the NCAA to cancel basketball games
was a particularly stunning event and indicator of just how
seriously the threat of the pandemic was being taken on many
levels.
Tina Skeldon Wozniak,
president of the Lucas County Board of Commissioners
promised that the “city and county will speak with one
voice,” while repeating the mayor’s assurances that the goal
was “to keep our community as healthy as we can.”
Eric Zgodzinski,
commissioner of the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department,
noted that “we have to mentally focus ourselves – how do we
calm ourselves.” He advised turning off cell phones each day
for a couple of hours, talking to loved ones, staying
abreast of developments and avoid inundating the health
system.
The key to avoiding
contracting COVID-19, the disease that the virus causes, is
to focus on social distancing – stop shaking hands and
hugging, wash hands frequently, avoid crowds, keep a
distance from those who sneeze or cough.
When questioned about
school closings, the speakers said they planned to defer to
Governor DeWine about that issue.
Within a few hours, the
announcement came from Columbus. The governor closed all
public and private schools in the state of Ohio for the next
three weeks and banned large gatherings. The decisive action
from the governor’s office was in stark contrast to the
fumbling approach of the federal government. |
