Articles About COVID-19 :: Page 17

• Yellow Springs Council passes resolution on masks; won’t enforce requirement

  By Megan BachmanJune 21, 2020

  

  At its June 15 virtual meeting, Village Council passed a resolution asking people to wear a facial covering, socially distance from one another and clean their hands frequently while in downtown Yellow Springs to slow the spread of COVID-19.

• ‘Worrisome’ COVID-19 rise in Greene County and SW Ohio

  By Audrey HackettJune 18, 2020

  

  Greene County is one of five southwest Ohio counties in which COVID-19 cases are rising, even as cases overall are falling in Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine called the trend “worrisome” at his June 18 press briefing.

• A closer look at COVID’s first wave

  By Megan Bachman

  

  In light of reopening, the News reviews how the pandemic has played out so far in the village and county, and looks at plans to reduce the spread of the virus as the shutdown comes to an end.

• Yellow Springs’ own ‘Cassandra’: An interview with Dr. Allen Hunt

  By Megan BachmanJune 13, 2020

  

  This week, the News spoke with Dr. Allen Hunt, who was one of the earliest to sound the alarm about an impending pandemic. He addresses how the shutdown limited deaths from COVID-19, projections for a second wave, a potential vaccine and the problem with waiting for “herd immunity.”

• ‘We have to trust the math’: An interview with Dr. Skip Leeds

  By Megan BachmanJune 6, 2020

  

  Two weeks ago, Yellow Springs News editor Megan Bachman spoke with local physician Dr. Stuart “Skip” Leeds by phone to get his take on COVID-19 in the state of Ohio and Yellow Springs. He addresses masks, Ohio’s reopening plan, early pandemic projections, the possibility of a second wave and local responses to the threat.

• Village merchants launch ‘Uplift YS’ fund

  By Megan BachmanJune 5, 2020

  

  Fearing the future of their shops, and the entire downtown, a group of merchants has banded together to launch the campaign in partnership with the Yellow Springs Community Foundation.

• COVID-19 update— Nursing homes vulnerable

  By Audrey HackettJune 4, 2020

  

  Nursing homes across Ohio have adopted similar measures, and all have been operating under visitor restrictions since ordered to do so by the state health department on March 13.

• New efforts to avoid evictions

  By Megan BachmanJune 3, 2020

  

  To keep villagers’ housing stable during the current public health and economic crisis, Village Council is considering several steps to protect local renters.

• Pomp and unusual circumstance

  By YS News StaffMay 29, 2020

  

  The Class of 2020 graduated like no other before it, with a community parade and outdoor ceremony at Antioch University Midwest.

• Varied views on mask rules

  By Megan BachmanMay 28, 2020

  

  Whether visitors and villagers are following those directives — and should be made to — has become a matter of local contention in recent weeks.