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Masks after mandate ends? Businesses determine own COVID restrictions as Ohio lifts health orders


Masks after mandate ends? Businesses determine own COVID restrictions as Ohio lifts health orders
Patrick Cooley, The Columbus Dispatch
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Sharon Weiss, the owner of Sharon Weiss Gallery in the Short North, prepares for customers over the weekend.
Brian Ross, president and CEO of Experience Columbus, asked a poignant question about COVID policies to several dozen faces on a Zoom call earlier this month.
“Has anyone found the silver bullet?” he asked.
The quandary elicited several seconds of silence from the group of entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Ohio small business owners are similarly stumped as the state prepares to lift COVID restrictions which have been in place since March of last year. ....

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Will Columbus businesses still require masks, distancing? Tough call


“Has anyone found the silver bullet?” he asked.
The quandary elicited several seconds of silence from the group of entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Ohio small business owners are similarly stumped as the state prepares to lift COVID restrictions which have been in place since March of last year.
On Wednesday, masks will no longer be required at retail stores and restaurants. Tables won’t need to be spaced at least 6 feet apart at pubs, taverns and diners. And capacity limits will be lifted on music and sports venues. It’s now up to individual business owners to decide whether customers need to keep their distance and wear face coverings. ....

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Columbus restaurants' mask rules undecided as COVID restrictions lift


Patrick Cooley
Business groups cheered Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to lift all coronavirus-related restrictions on restaurants and bars, but some restaurant and bar owners found themselves fretting over whether or not to keep mask rules or social distancing restrictions in place.
Customers who aren’t actively eating and drinking are currently required by Ohio law to wear masks, and tables must be spaced at least six feet apart unless they can be separated by a partition. Those requirements end soon.
In a televised address Wednesday evening, DeWine said the state health department will lift all COVID-related regulations, aside from those governing nursing homes and assisted living facilities, on June 2, citing falling infection rates and rising vaccination rates. ....

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Survey finds that 60% of Ohio restaurants could close


Survey finds that 60% of Ohio restaurants could close
Patrick Cooley, The Columbus Dispatch
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Kitchen manager Ted Crites prepares seitan wings at Yellow Brick Pizza in Olde Towne East on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. The restaurant is one of many who has applied for COVID-19 relief grants from the state.
Three out of five Ohio restaurants say they will be forced to close permanently within six months if they do not receive more government support, according to an Ohio Restaurant Association survey released Thursday.
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The survey is the latest  and darkest  illustration of the catastrophic toll the pandemic has taken on the state s dining industry. The percentage of restaurants reporting they might close has risen 20% since the association s last survey just two weeks ago. ....

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