Syracuse, N.Y. – Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon is calling for a voluntary “shelter in place” for the next two weeks to fight the coronavirus .
The voluntary shelter in place order starts Tuesday. An order that would close most golf courses begins at 8 p.m. Monday and runs through April .
“Now we need more sacrifice,” he said. “We can only win if we’re doing this together.”
McMahon admitted he can’t enforce it. It does not apply to essential workers . And you can still run errands to get food and medicine, if needed.
Without this extra effort, he said , it’s possible the county could see an apex of cases in the next two weeks, one that would overwhelm our local health care system.
“Now’s the time for the community to rally, “he said. “This is a community spread. If we’re going to win this in a timely fashion, we’ve got to do it as a community.”
Here’s how it will work :
If you were born in an even year, such as 2020, then run errands and go to county parks on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
- If you were born in an odd year, such as , then go out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
- (Sundays will alternate. On April) even years go out; on April odd years go out. (The The order runs from April 7 to April . McMahon said he did not know if there were other, similar voluntary requests in New York.
“This disease, this virus is a killer,” McMahon said. “
It killed five of our neighbors.
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