Jeffrey C. Barefoot at the American Thinker blogsite reports:
On March 12, Amy Acton, director of
the Ohio Department of Health, and Governor Mike DeWine told Ohioans that there
were already 100,000 of us infected with the virus. The next day,
Amy clarified that this number was her "guesstimate."
. . .
Yes, people in Ohio are getting
infected. Does infection mean automatic admission to the
hospital? Hardly, and numbers don't have to be
guesstimated. Of the 4,043 confirmed Ohio cases, only 27% (1,104)
have required hospitalization. So what percentage of Ohio's
population have gotten the virus and required hospital
admission? Less than 1/100 of 1%. Yes, but what if we
haven't peaked? Even if the hospitalization rate triples in two
weeks, the percentage would be less than 3/100 of 1%. For this, the
lockdown has pushed 468,414 Ohioans on to welfare, slammed shut our small
businesses and closed our churches for the highest Holy Week of the year.
Amy Acton guessed
wrong. The guess has damaged many lives. Reason and
prudence require an immediate adjustment to Ohio's lockdown.
Full article is here.
Contact Gov. Mike DeWine: (614) 644-4357 or by email here
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