Ohio’s 1953 laws ordered lawbreaking Acton to place signs on homes of CoVid infected
CLEVELAND, OH – The General Assembly of Ohio enacted 26 laws in 1953 that instructed the state’s director of health and local health boards how to handle epidemics and pandemics. A keyword search of the Ohio Revised Code for Dr. Amy Acton’s “social distancing” and “shelter in place” terms show no results. The two terms are made up and exist outside any of the epidemic and pandemic-mitigating instructions lawmakers authorized health directors and health boards to take to save lives. Title 37 of Ohio’s revised code is where the state’s health and pandemic laws are found and from her actions…
