Posted on 05/19/2020 7:04:51 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Ben Roethlisberger broke pandemic restrictions to get his hair cut and beard trimmed, along with a small recording crew, for a video the Steelers quarterback put out on his Twitter account Monday.
Governor Tom Wolf doesnt want Roethlisberger, or anyone to break coronavirus restrictions in that way.
My concern is just a general concern and anybody who puts himself or herself into harms way is something i think we ought to try to avoid, Wolf said in response to a question about Roethlisberger specifically. "And when you go to something like a barbershop and youre not protected, I dont care who you are. The chances of that virus wreaking havoc on your life increases.
"I dont think any Pennsylvanian ought to take that chance. I certainly dont want to take that chance myself.
Roethlisberger visited Normans Cut N Edge in Sewickley, which is in Allegheny County, in the video posted Monday. Allegheny County remains in the yellow phase of the states restriction easing.
The yellow phase rules explicitly warn against the opening of salons, barbershops and similar businesses. Gov. Wolf has also acknowledged the states limited ability to enforce these policies.
Roethlisberger was getting his beard trimmed as part of a promise he made to himself about not shaving until he could throw an NFL-caliber pass again after recovering from elbow surgery.
I don’t know. Last week the local news announced that in a poll, supposedly 70% of Pennsylvanians approved of Gov. Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing’s handling of the Corona virus crisis.
Don't Lackawanna county (Scranton) go for Hillary as well? Bunch of idiots there. Monroe went for Hillary since that's where all the NJ/NY'ers moved into. Then there was Centre County, home of Penn State, which just goes to show that Academics aren't that smart after all.
Governor, every time you cross the street you’re in harm’s way. The moment you’re born you’re destined to die one day. Get a grip. Nobody’s forcing anyone at gun point to enter the barber shop. Ben’s not doing flying tackles on people in the street and whipping out his scissors. Let the vendor and the customer work out the risks vs. the benefits themselves.
What would Andy Griffith do? Good grief.
That was before he attacked the counties.
“No Gov, it is us who dont care who YOU are!”
Well said!
This is absurd. I’ve been at my vacation home in Wayne County, PA for the just over two months now. The county has a land mass over half the size of Rhode Island and we only have 110 confirmed cases.
There is no way that this is occurring for anything other than political purposes. We are finally moving to yellow in two days. We never get statistics about how many patients have recovered, how many were diagnosed with the virus but experienced minor symptoms, or the age, ethnicity or co-morbidities of the infected.
For all I know 2/3’ds of these cases might have resolved themselves and we’ve been destroying the local economy because of 45 positive nursing home patients.
It defies logic.
Televise the arrest live! YOU MUST NOT BE DISRESPECTED!!!!!
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