SCIOTO CORONA FACEBOOK GROUP COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT REQUEST
November 11, 2020
Community Leaders:
The Facebook group Scioto Corona (over 5,700 members) urges action now to slow the spread of the coronavirus and to protect residents and institutions while keeping Scioto County open.
We urge Scioto County and Portsmouth, Ohio leaders in government, health care, business, and education to call on residents to help slow the spread of COVID-19. With rapidly increasing cases of the virus, COVID-related hospital admissions, and school and nursing home outbreaks, we call on you, the leaders of our community for help.
We ask you to overwhelmingly agree that an urgent call to action is needed. We want you to join forces in an advertising and messaging campaign pleading with residents to wear a mask and avoid large gatherings or activities where masking and social distancing is not possible.
Nationwide, the level of transmission is dramatically rising. We want you to recognize virus fatigue that has led the community to let down its guard. You must call on the residents to take proactive measures voluntarily to avoid any mandatory interventions. That includes following Governor DeWine's new mask mandate issued on November 11 with the effective date of November 16, 2020.
The collective message for Scioto County is as follows:
WEAR YOUR MASK OVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH! AVOID LARGE GATHERINGS! SCIOTO COUNTY FOUGHT HARD TO PROTECT OUR HEALTH SYSTEM, KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE IN SCHOOL, PROTECT OUR VULNERABLE SENIORS, AND KEEP OUR BUSINESSES OPEN AND OUR WORKFORCE HEALTHY. ALL OF US MUST FOLLOW THE MASK MANDATE.
AS WE SEE THE VIRUS GET AHEAD OF US, WE MUST ACT NOW TO STOP THE SPREAD. AGAIN, WEAR YOUR MASK PROPERLY. WASH YOUR HANDS. CLEAN SURFACES. KEEP 6 FEET APART. AND, AVOID NON-CRITICAL ACTIVITIES WHERE SOCIAL DISTANCING OR MASKING IS NOT POSSIBLE.
ONLY YOU CAN KEEP SCIOTO COUNTY SAFE AND OPEN NOW.
We fully support the Ohio order that everyone 10 years old or older must wear a facial covering when in a retail store including the following provisions:
Retail Locations
All retailers must post and enforce a sign indicating that masks are required at all entrances. Employees are not required to put themselves in jeopardy or risk harm when enforcing this order.
All retailers must post at all entrances a maximum capacity limit to ensure a minimum of six-feet physical distance can be maintained throughout the location.
All retailers should mark six-feet separation spots in all check-out lines.
All retailers should arrange all store aisles to be directionally one-way, if required to achieve appropriate social distancing.
All retailers should place hand sanitizer stations at high-contact locations.
All retailers must require employees to stay home if symptomatic.
All retailers must disinfect high-touch areas after each use (e.g. carts, baskets, and other equipment).
All retailers should provide reasonable accommodation to any person unable to wear a mask into the store by providing online or telephone ordering and curbside, non-contact pick up or a delivery option and/or allowing a person to wear a full face shield that extends below the chin. Each retailer must post a sign at each entrance detailing these accommodations.
Customers are strongly urged to utilize online or telephone ordering and curbside, non-contact pick-up or delivery options.
This order does not apply to those medically or developmentally unable to wear a face covering.
Each business should designate an on-site compliance officer for each business location and each shift during all business hours to enforce these requirements.
Compliance Enforcement
State of Ohio employees with enforcement powers, including the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Retail Compliance Unit employees working on behalf of the Ohio Department of Health, representatives of local health departments, and local law enforcement are authorized to inspect and enforce the order.
All retailers shall allow representatives of the Ohio Department of Health, a local health department, or law enforcement to inspect public areas during business hours.
The representative will issue an initial warning to the business before issuing a notice of violation requiring closure.
If a notice of violation of these orders is issued by a representative from the Ohio Department of Health, a local health department, or law enforcement, the retail location must immediately shut down for no longer than 24 hours to allow for dissipation of COVID-19 airborne droplets.
Citizens observing non-compliance should notify the Ohio Department of Health call center at (833) 4ASKODH ((833) 427-5634).
Be it resolved that you support this call to action and pledge to actively encourage proactive measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. Be it understood that you urge all people and businesses to follow these simple preventive measures or suffer the penalties for violation.
Contact:
Frank R. Thompson
Administrator, Scioto Corona Facebook Group
2810 Brant Avenue, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662
740-353-7594
frank.thompson51@yahoo.com
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