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Cooper: As Hamilton County lifts COVID restrictions, stick to common sense personal, public health precautions

Staff File Photo By C.B. Schmelter / As coronavirus restrictions are lifted on the size of crowds in venues, such as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, people should stick to the safety precautions they've come to practice over the past six months.
Staff File Photo By C.B. Schmelter / As coronavirus restrictions are lifted on the size of crowds in venues, such as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, people should stick to the safety precautions they've come to practice over the past six months. Staff File Photo By C.B. Schmelter / As coronavirus restrictions are lifted on the size of crowds in venues, such as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, people should stick to the safety precautions they've come to practice over the past six months.

By Clint Cooper 5 min read

If most people are like we are, they’d like to take their face masks and bury them six feet deep, burn them in a bonfire or plunk them into the nearest trash can.

One day we’ll be able to do that.

But not yet.

We’re afraid the county’s decision this week to lift restrictions on businesses and gatherings in response to the coronavirus pandemic will convince people that we’re all but out of the woods.

We’re not, and it might be many months before we are.