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and don't make it out to be a political thing.

Brighton Wellness and Rehab is the largest nursing home in the state. It has over 500 beds and a 3 floor wing of rehab beds. We had the misfortune of having an outbreak there. This facility has always been a last resort for people with no other options for care. They are the poorest and sickest with, literally, no where else to go. I've seen it first hand when my mom was there for rehab. The most vulnerable, by most estimates, populations for cv19 infections. It doesn't help that the company who bought the facility from the county in 2014 had little to no experience in health care and is focused on "management services".

Back on April 12th, the state DoH installed its own temporary manager among other things. That's been a month ago with little to no improvement. Maybe the state began contact tracing, but I have seen no reporting on it, if so. I believe there are unused facilities where either well or sick residents/staff could be isolated and quarantined, but there have been no reports that DoH is looking at that option.

Next Friday, Beaver County will be surrounded by open or partially open counties and states (Ohio and WVa). There's a huge outlet mall in Grove City (Mercer county), a series of big strip malls in Cranberry (Butler county) and another big series of stores, including a Sam's Club, in Boardman, Ohio. Ohio is going to allow bars and restaurants to open at half capacity in another week or so, plus hair salons and barbershops.

We are already economically depressed. Re-opening isn't just a nice to have, with everything around us opening, it's a matter of economic survival for the local small businesses.

Is the governor ready to send in State Troopers to enforce county residents from going outside the county?