Dr. Amy Acton resigns as Ohio Department of Health director

[alp227]

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Source: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s state health director who has become a household name around the state during the coronavirus crisis, has resigned effective immediately, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Thursday.

Acton will remain as the governor’s chief adviser on health issues, DeWine said. Lance Himes, the Ohio Department of Health’s general counsel who briefly served as state health director twice under ex-Gov. John Kasich, will become interim director, the governor said.

Asked why she’s leaving now, Acton said the decision to resign is “something I’ve been struggling over the last couple of months.”

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An April poll found almost 64 percent of Ohio’s registered voters had a favorable opinion of Acton, and almost 84 percent said they trusted the coronavirus information she was providing.

Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/06/dr-amy-acton-resigns-as-ohio-department-of-health-director.html

[Guilded Lilly]

1. This infuriated me. Not against Dr. Acton, ever; against the mean-assed, ignorant ...

knuckle-dragging Ohioans harassing her family outside her home so that they can, in part, go to their fucking gymS.

[SunSeeker]

2. We just lost our health chief here in Orange County, CA for the same reason.

Knuckledragging Republicans followed Trump's example and bullied her, even came to her home and threatened her. The new director relaxed her rules, dropped the mask mandate, etc. He didn't give a shit. We are now going to be a Covid-19 hotspot in a month, watch.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/104023207

[Ford_Prefect]

3. Another victim of the Orange Menace and his Minions.

I wonder if we can back-bill Trump's owners and handlers for damages, once he is out?

Consider for a moment that we have a guest at the hotel whose behavior threatens everyone walking past the building or through the lobby. He is too famous and well paid to be forced to leave. Meanwhile, his entourage is burning the furniture and threatening to eat the other guests if room service is not provided.

And by the way, this is very definitely NOT Rock 'n' Roll.

[Maeve]

4. Glad she is going to stay his chief advisor

And I'm sure she has been stretched to the limits the past few months. Wishing her only the best in the future.

[Omaha Steve]

5. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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