“The Ohio Star reported on September 3 that Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Interim Director Lance Himes released an order on August 31 – an order creating Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shelters and legalizing their use for people who “are unable to safely self-quarantine in their place of residence and to isolate those diagnosed with or showing symptoms of COVID-19.”
The non-congregate FEMA sheltering will be utilized throughout the state for people, according to the examples given by Himes, who “test positive for COVID-19 who do not require hospitalization but need isolation (including those exiting from hospitals); those who have been exposed to COVID-19 who do not require hospitalization; and asymptomatic high-risk individuals needing social distancing as a precautionary measure.”
Despite the fact that COVID PCR tests have been proven to have up to a 90% false positive rate, and the fact that fewer than 10,000 US citizens have died of COVID with no other underlying cause, it is apparently just fine to continue pretending that a boogeyman virus is still running rampant out in the wilds. The question is rapidly becoming: how much martial law can be built upon baseless fear? And: how long before enough people realize they’re being duped?
Several Ohio Republicans have initiated the process of impeaching governor Mike DeWine, a Republican, over his authoritarian reaction to COVID-19. Ohioans should hope they succeed.
