(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that Ohio Department of Health Interim Director Lance Himes signed a revised health order to limit mass gatherings in Ohio.
“Despite the health order that limited mass gatherings to 10 people that was signed in April remaining in effect, we have seen rampant spread of the virus as a result of banquets, wedding receptions, and social gatherings following funerals,” said Governor DeWine. “We have seen great tragedy associated with such events. It’s not the ceremonies causing the problem. It’s the party afterward.”
In order to minimize the spread of COVID-19 through airborne particles passing between people in close contact, wedding receptions, funeral repasts, and other events at banquet facilities are subject to the following restrictions:
- No socializing or activities in open congregate areas and no dancing.
- Guests must be seated at all times. Traditional wedding reception events such as first dance, toasts, tossing the bouquet and cutting the cake are permitted.
- If serving food and beverages, guests must be served at their seats. No self-serve buffets and no self-serve bar areas permitted.
- Masks must be worn at all times unless actively consuming food or beverages.
- No more than 10 people should be seated at a table and those individuals must be from the same household.
This order does not apply to religious observances; First Amendment protected speech, including petition or referendum circulators, and any activity by media; and to governmental meetings which include meetings that are required to be open to the public.
This order goes into effect November 17, 2020 at 12:01 a.m.
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Sounds like communism to me. Governor Mike DeRino is a damned communist! He needs impeached.
The only way to push back on communism is to do so en masse. Our constitutional liberty does NOT take a back seat to government so-called health orders that make no logical sense whatsoever. DeWine thinks it makes a difference to the virus whether you’re seated or standing. All of the mandates in place will NEVER, EVER keep people from getting the virus. Every rule they make is stupid and oppressive to our freedom! Limiting numbers of people is stupid as well! If no one at a wedding, funeral, or reception has Covid-19, what difference does it make whether there are ten people or a hundred? The whole state of Ohio needs to defy these idiotic and senseless rules. Our health should be solely between us, God, and our doctors. This communist government needs to buzz off and keep their nose out of our business. These rules are NOT laws and were not passed by the state legislature. All these rules have NOTHING to do with the virus. It has EVERYTHING to do with inciting fear, control, compliance, and a mandatory vaccine that can be used to track your every move and control every aspect of your life. America needs to fight back now or we will lose every freedom we have, and they are doing everything they can to destroy our country, our liberty, and our human spirit! WAKE UP NOW AMERICA!!!