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class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Director of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Department_of_Health" title="Ohio Department of Health">Ohio Department of Health</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 26, 2019 – June 11, 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine">Mike DeWine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lance Himes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lance Himes (interim)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Amy Leigh Stearns</div><br />born 1965 or 1966 (age 58–59)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_University" title="Youngstown State University">Youngstown State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Ohio_Medical_University" title="Northeast Ohio Medical University">Northeast Ohio Medical University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Medicine" title="Doctor of Medicine">MD</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Public Health">MPH</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Amy Leigh Acton</b> (née <b>Stearns</b>; born 1965 or 1966) is an American <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">physician</a> and public-health researcher who served as the director of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Department_of_Health" title="Ohio Department of Health">Ohio Department of Health</a> from 2019–2020. She played a leading role in Ohio's response to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ohio" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amy_Acton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Acton was born Amy Stearns and raised on the north side of <a href="/wiki/Youngstown,_Ohio" title="Youngstown, Ohio">Youngstown, Ohio</a>, living "in 18 different places in a 12-year period, including in a tent when she was homeless."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She described in a 2020 interview with Youngstown's <a href="/wiki/WKBN-TV" title="WKBN-TV">WKBN</a> having random neighbors give her and her brother breakfast "because they knew we were hungry" and also "people looking the other way, not wanting their kids to play with me because we were dirty and smelly."<sup id="cite_ref-:8_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She described in a 2019 interview being neglected and abused while she lived with her mother following her parents' divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 7th grade she was living with her father in a more stable environment, and at <a href="/wiki/Liberty_High_School_(Ohio)" title="Liberty High School (Ohio)">Liberty High School</a> was a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Honor_Society" title="National Honor Society">National Honor Society</a> and <a href="/wiki/Homecoming_queen" class="mw-redirect" title="Homecoming queen">Homecoming queen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:9_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She attended <a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_University" title="Youngstown State University">Youngstown State University</a> and earned a medical degree from <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Ohio_Medical_University" title="Northeast Ohio Medical University">Northeast Ohio Medical University</a> in 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> working to pay her way through college.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She completed her residency in pediatrics and preventive medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She earned a master's in public health from <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She completed her residencies at <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine" title="Albert Einstein College of Medicine">Albert Einstein College of Medicine</a><sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at <a href="/wiki/Nationwide_Children%27s_Hospital" title="Nationwide Children's Hospital">Nationwide Children's Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amy_Acton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Acton taught at <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> as an associate professor of public health.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She worked at the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Foundation" title="Columbus Foundation">Columbus Foundation</a> as a grants manager.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was director of Project LOVE (Love Our kids, Vaccinate Early).<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, while known as Amy Beech, she served as a volunteer for <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s presidential campaign by creating an email group on my.BarackObama.com called "Bexley, Yes We Can!" and publicized campaign events using Facebook.<sup id="cite_ref-stirland_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stirland-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2019, Ohio governor <a href="/wiki/Mike_DeWine" title="Mike DeWine">Mike DeWine</a> made her his final cabinet pick as director of the Department of Health.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc41_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc41-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The search process was lengthy, as DeWine had been determined to have the right person in charge in a crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Acton was the first woman in the post.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two previous incumbents were a lawyer and a marketing director; DeWine mentioned wanting to "rethink how we approach this department".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="COVID-19_pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amy_Acton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: COVID-19 pandemic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ohio" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio">COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02aIMG_0789_(49872740076).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02aIMG_0789_%2849872740076%29.jpg/220px-Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02aIMG_0789_%2849872740076%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02aIMG_0789_%2849872740076%29.jpg/330px-Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02aIMG_0789_%2849872740076%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02aIMG_0789_%2849872740076%29.jpg/440px-Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02aIMG_0789_%2849872740076%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1678" data-file-height="1835" /></a><figcaption>Sign in support of Acton</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02bIMG_0776_(49872739976).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02bIMG_0776_%2849872739976%29.jpg/220px-Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02bIMG_0776_%2849872739976%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02bIMG_0776_%2849872739976%29.jpg/330px-Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02bIMG_0776_%2849872739976%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02bIMG_0776_%2849872739976%29.jpg/440px-Double_protest_to_Open_Ohio_02bIMG_0776_%2849872739976%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption>Anti-stay at home protester outside Acton's home</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2020, prior to and during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, Acton advised Governor Mike DeWine, who became the first U.S. governor to close schools and limit gatherings to no more than 100 people, despite the fact that Ohio, at the time, had only three confirmed cases. Ohio was also the first state to temporarily close down bars and restaurants, when Ohio had fewer than 40 confirmed cases.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:02_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Acton soon after estimated that Ohio's then 5 confirmed cases likely translated to 100,000 actual cases, making national news.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="Pink-slime journalism (October 2023)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In mid-March, she predicted cases could peak in late April to mid-May.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 12, she said, "This will be the thing this generation remembers."<sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">Ohio House</a> Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Emilia_Sykes" title="Emilia Sykes">Emilia Sykes</a> called her "the real MVP of Ohio's coronavirus response."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Dayton_Daily_News" title="Dayton Daily News">Dayton Daily News</a></i> called her "Ohio's trusted face during the pandemic."<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Acton was an advocate of postponing the <a href="/wiki/2020_Ohio_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2020 Ohio Democratic presidential primary">2020 Ohio Democratic presidential primary</a>, which was slated for March 17, 2020. The day before the scheduled election, Governor DeWine declared it canceled, only for a judge to rule that he did not have the authority to do so. Acton then ordered polling places closed due a public health emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-Polls_Closed_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Polls_Closed-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later determined that the election would be conducted entirely by mail-in <a href="/wiki/Absentee_ballot" title="Absentee ballot">absentee ballot</a> for those who had not participated in <a href="/wiki/Early_voting" title="Early voting">early voting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Absentee_Ballot_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Absentee_Ballot-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2020, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> called her "the Buckeye state's version of the straight-talking Dr. <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Fauci" title="Anthony Fauci">Anthony Fauci</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-:8_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 1, Governor DeWine was reported as "quick to defer to Dr. Acton for specific questions on the virus and its spread" during daily news briefings, "reminding Ohioans that the state's decisions are driven by science."<sup id="cite_ref-bbc41_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc41-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2020, a group of 35 gyms sued the Ohio Department of Health, Acton, and the Lake County General Health District over coronavirus-related health restrictions, and Lake County Court of Common Pleas Judge Eugene Lucci issued a <a href="/wiki/Preliminary_injunction" class="mw-redirect" title="Preliminary injunction">preliminary injunction</a> blocking the state from "imposing or enforcing penalties solely for non-compliance with the director's order" against gyms and fitness centers, "so long as they operate in compliance with all applicable safety regulations."<sup id="cite_ref-Cass_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cass-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state appealed the decision, but Acton had signed an order permitting gyms to reopen in the interim,<sup id="cite_ref-gymorder_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gymorder-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a court of appeals later dismissed the case as moot.<sup id="cite_ref-Cass_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cass-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gym reopening was part of an effort announced by Governor DeWine's administration on May 14, 2020, to reopen various economic venues with the implementation of safety protocols, including <a href="/wiki/Social_distancing" title="Social distancing">physical distancing</a>, whenever possible, and use of face masks.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Interestingly, at the time of gym reopening, it was not yet known that people with COVID-19 are contagious even before they develop symptoms.<sup id="cite_ref-gymorder_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gymorder-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-isolationguidance_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isolationguidance-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in May 2020, protesters began showing up at Acton's home in Columbus<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at press conferences. Acton was assigned a security detail.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Criticism focused on her policies, but also included her politics<sup id="cite_ref-:11_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in at least one case, reference to her being a "Globalist," which the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League" title="Anti-Defamation League">Anti-Defamation League</a> of Cleveland referred to as an "antisemitic slur."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 20, 2020, the Ohio Senate unanimously voted against a proposal advanced by state House Republicans (and approved by the House on a nearly <a href="/wiki/Party-line_vote" title="Party-line vote">party-line vote</a>) that would have limited the power of DeWine and Acton by restricting Ohio Department of Health orders to 14 days and requiring any extensions to be approved by a state joint legislative committee.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Republican state legislators in Ohio introduced bills intended to limit her emergency powers, she became worried about being asked to sign a health order that would violate her <a href="/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath" title="Hippocratic Oath">Hippocratic Oath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 11, 2020, she resigned from her position and became a chief health advisor for DeWine's administration.<sup id="cite_ref-Cass_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cass-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:10_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was succeeded by Lance Himes as interim director.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early August 2020 she announced she had left her position as advisor to the administration.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After her resignation, she resumed working for the Columbus Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 4, 2021, Acton stepped down from her position in the Columbus Foundation as she considered a <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Ohio" title="2022 United States Senate election in Ohio">run for the Senate in 2022</a> to succeed <a href="/wiki/Rob_Portman" title="Rob Portman">Rob Portman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Acton chose not to run in April 2021 while thanking Ohioans for an "outpouring of support".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Acton was named as president and chief executive officer of RAPID 5, a nonprofit organization that is attempting to improve access to parks in <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Ohio" title="Franklin County, Ohio">Franklin County</a>, part of the greater Columbus area.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She left this position in May 2023. <sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amy_Acton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2015: Excellence in Teaching Award, The Ohio State University College of Public Health<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021: COVID Courage Award, <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Presidential_Library_and_Museum" title="John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum">John F. 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Bay Area</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Colorado" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Connecticut" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Delaware" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Delaware">Delaware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Florida" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Florida">Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Hawaii" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Hawaii">Hawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Idaho" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Idaho">Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Illinois" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois">Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Indiana" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana">Indiana</a></li> <li><a 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Massachusetts">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Boston" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Boston">Boston</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Boston" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Boston">timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Michigan" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan">Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Minnesota" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota">Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Mississippi" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi">Mississippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Missouri" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Missouri">Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Montana" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nebraska" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Nebraska">Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nevada" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Hampshire" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Jersey" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_Mexico" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico">New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_(state)" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)">New York</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_City" title="COVID-19 pandemic in New York City">New York City</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_New_York_City" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City">timeline</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_Carolina" title="COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina">North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_North_Dakota" title="COVID-19 pandemic in North Dakota">North Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ohio" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio">Ohio</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Columbus,_Ohio" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Oklahoma" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Oregon" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon">Oregon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Portland,_Oregon" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Portland, Oregon">Portland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Pennsylvania" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Philadelphia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Rhode_Island" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Carolina" title="COVID-19 pandemic in South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_South_Dakota" title="COVID-19 pandemic in South Dakota">South Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Tennessee" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee">Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Texas" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Texas">Texas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Texas" title="Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas">timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Austin,_Texas" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas">Austin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Utah" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Utah">Utah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vermont" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont">Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Virginia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia">Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Washington_(state)" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Washington (state)">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Washington,_D.C." title="COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_House_COVID-19_outbreak" title="White House COVID-19 outbreak">White House</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_West_Virginia" title="COVID-19 pandemic in West Virginia">West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wisconsin" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Wyoming" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Wyoming">Wyoming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territories and<br />other areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_American_Samoa" title="COVID-19 pandemic in American Samoa">American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">Guantanamo Bay Naval Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_U.S._immigration_detention" title="COVID-19 pandemic in U.S. immigration detention">Immigration detention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Guam" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Navajo_Nation" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Navajo Nation">Navajo Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the Northern Mariana Islands">Northern Mariana Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Puerto_Rico" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_on_Grand_Princess" title="COVID-19 pandemic on Grand Princess">Grand Princess</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_on_USS_Theodore_Roosevelt" title="COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt">USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="United States responses to the COVID-19 pandemic">Responses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government<br />response</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Pre-pandemic exercises <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimson_Contagion" title="Crimson Contagion">Crimson Contagion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_Center_for_Health_Security#Event_201" title="Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security">Event 201</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._federal_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="U.S. federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">Federal government response</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communication_of_the_Trump_administration_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Communication of the Trump administration during the COVID-19 pandemic">Trump administration communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed" title="Operation Warp Speed">Operation Warp Speed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biden_administration_COVID-19_action_plan" title="Biden administration COVID-19 action plan">Biden administration COVID-19 action plan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._state_and_local_government_responses_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="U.S. state and local government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic">State and local government responses</a> <ul><li>state responses <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="California government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">California government response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_state_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="New York state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">New York government response</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_government_response_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Texas government response to the COVID-19 pandemic">Texas government response</a></li></ul></li> <li>Regional responses <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_States_Multi-state_Council" title="Eastern States Multi-state Council">Eastern States Multi-state Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Governors_Regional_Pact" title="Midwest Governors Regional Pact">Midwest Governors Regional Pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_States_Pact" title="Western States Pact">Western States Pact</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_eviction_moratoriums_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 eviction moratoriums in the United States">Eviction moratoriums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Select_Subcommittee_on_the_Coronavirus_Pandemic" title="United States House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic">House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_House_Coronavirus_Task_Force" title="White House Coronavirus Task Force">White House Coronavirus Task Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Advisory_Board" title="COVID-19 Advisory Board">COVID-19 Advisory Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_American_Economic_Revival_Industry_Groups" title="Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups">Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospital_ships_designated_for_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Hospital ships designated for the COVID-19 pandemic">Hospital ships</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Mercy" title="USNS Mercy">USNS <i>Mercy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USNS_Comfort" title="USNS Comfort">USNS <i>Comfort</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Oval_Office_address" title="2020 Oval Office address">2020 Oval Office address</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program" title="Paycheck Protection Program">Paycheck Protection Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandemic_Response_Accountability_Committee" title="Pandemic Response Accountability Committee">Pandemic Response Accountability Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Inspector_General_for_Pandemic_Recovery" title="Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery">Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_Congressional_Oversight_Commission" title="COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission">COVID-19 Congressional Oversight Commission</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legislation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_Preparedness_and_Response_Supplemental_Appropriations_Act,_2020" title="Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020">Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Families_First_Coronavirus_Response_Act" title="Families First Coronavirus Response Act">Families First Coronavirus Response Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CARES_Act" title="CARES Act">CARES Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program_and_Health_Care_Enhancement_Act" title="Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act">Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HEROES_Act" title="HEROES Act">HEROES Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HEALS_Act" title="HEALS Act">HEALS Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_2021" title="American Rescue Plan Act of 2021">American Rescue Plan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Private<br />response</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Center_for_COVID_Control" title="Center for COVID Control">Center for COVID Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covid_Act_Now" title="Covid Act Now">Covid Act Now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID_Tracking_Project" title="COVID Tracking Project">COVID Tracking Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MusiCares_COVID-19_Relief_Fund" title="MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund">MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/30_Rock:_A_One-Time_Special" title="30 Rock: A One-Time Special">30 Rock: A One-Time Special</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Acting_for_a_Cause" title="Acting for a Cause">Acting for a Cause</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Digital_Drag_Fest" title="Digital Drag Fest">Digital Drag Fest</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Home_Movie:_The_Princess_Bride" title="Home Movie: The Princess Bride">Home Movie: The Princess Bride</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/IHeart_Living_Room_Concert_for_America" title="IHeart Living Room Concert for America">iHeart Living Room Concert for America</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_It_Work!" title="Make It Work!">Make It Work!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Seder" title="Saturday Night Seder">Saturday Night Seder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_at_Home" title="Saturday Night Live at Home">Saturday Night Live at Home</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street:_Elmo%27s_Playdate" title="Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate">Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Disney_Family_Singalong" title="The Disney Family Singalong">The Disney Family Singalong</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Disney_Family_Singalong:_Volume_II" class="mw-redirect" title="The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II">Volume II</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Me_to_the_World:_A_Sondheim_90th_Birthday_Celebration" title="Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration">Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Together_at_Home" title="Together at Home">Together at Home</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Our_Selves" title="Saving Our Selves">Saving Our Selves</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Parks_and_Recreation_Special" title="A Parks and Recreation Special">A Parks and Recreation Special</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rise_Up_New_York!" title="Rise Up New York!">Rise Up New York!</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/U.S._Deaths_Near_100,000,_An_Incalculable_Loss" title="U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss">U.S. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Class_of_2020" title="Dear Class of 2020">Dear Class of 2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Graduation2020" title="Graduation2020">#Graduation2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Graduate_Together:_America_Honors_the_High_School_Class_of_2020" title="Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020">Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Are_One:_A_Global_Film_Festival" title="We Are One: A Global Film Festival">We Are One: A Global Film Festival</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Global_Goal:_Unite_for_Our_Future" title="Global Goal: Unite for Our Future">Global Goal: Unite for Our Future</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Killer_Party" title="A Killer Party">A Killer Party</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Disney_Holiday_Singalong" class="mw-redirect" title="The Disney Holiday Singalong">The Disney Holiday Singalong</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_36" title="WrestleMania 36">WrestleMania 36</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ratatouille_the_Musical" title="Ratatouille the Musical">Ratatouille the Musical</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Kidman_AMC_Theatres_commercial" title="Nicole Kidman AMC Theatres commercial">Nicole Kidman AMC Theatres commercial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Academy_Awards" title="93rd Academy Awards">93rd Academy Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_Tony_Awards" title="74th Tony Awards">74th Tony Awards</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stars_in_the_House" title="Stars in the House">Stars in the House</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Impacts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Social_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Social</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election#Effects_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postal_voting_in_the_2020_United_States_elections" title="Postal voting in the 2020 United States elections">postal voting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_hospital_crisis_in_the_U.S._from_COVID-19" title="2021 hospital crisis in the U.S. from COVID-19">2021 hospital crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_abortion_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on abortion in the United States">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_congressional_insider_trading_scandal" title="2020 congressional insider trading scandal">Congressional insider trading scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_education_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in the United States">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Face_masks_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Face masks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_foster_care_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foster care in the United States">Foster care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_protests_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 protests in the United States">Protests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Open_the_States" title="Open the States">Open the States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests" title="George Floyd protests">George Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_United_States_election_protests" title="2020–21 United States election protests">Election</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="January 6 United States Capitol attack">United States Capitol attack</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racial_disparities_in_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="Racial disparities in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Racial disparities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_African_diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on African diaspora">African-American communities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_Native_American_tribes_and_tribal_communities" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Native American tribes and tribal communities">Native American communities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States#Sports" title="Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_television_in_the_United_States" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television in the United States">Television</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_impacted_by_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="List of American television series impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic">programs affected</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_the_Walt_Disney_Company" title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a></li> <li><a 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