1. Best news I heard this week…
It was so good to hear Governor Mike DeWine announce that on June 2nd most pandemic health orders will be lifted. “Measures being removed will include facial covering protocols, social distancing guidelines, and capacity restrictions for indoor and outdoor events.” Phew!
2. Weirdest news I heard this week…
In that same press conference, Gov. DeWine announced a series of statewide drawings to incentivize vaccinations. They will give away five $1 million prizes to adults and five four-year scholarships to an Ohio state college to those under 18 years old. I was happy to see that I was not the only one who thought this was absolutely bizarre. Let me see if I have this correct… he announces that due to the current status of the pandemic, with case numbers, death, and risk being low enough to remove almost all health orders, a raffle to push people to get more vaccines is needed or warranted? Every single patient that I saw yesterday was just as baffled as me. And a post I saw on Instagram got almost 500 comments… all but about five were critical of this announcement. The responses I have seen and heard… fishy… odd… scary… bribery… gambling… a joke… strange… irresponsible… insane… sketchy… coercion… ridiculous… weird… disturbing… nonsense… foolishness… and more. Most feel that the funds, coming from “allocations to the Ohio Department of Health of unexpended coronavirus relief funds,” should/could be used for much, much better and more impactful means. I honestly thought it was a joke when I first saw it. So strange!
3. Video clip I saw, and loved this week…
Here is a video clip… a Thai Life Insurance commercial… that was sent to me this week (thanks John D.!) I love short, simple pieces that rock me. I hope it moves you the way it moved me. It’s titled Unsung Hero…