2020-05-12 14:43:14 -0400
To: Governor Mike DeWine, Dr. Amy Acton
Include Tattoo Studios in Reopening of Personal Care Businesses in Ohio
This campaign has ended.
- Allow professional, licensed Tattoo Studios to reopen along with Personal Care Services on May 15th.
- Add Tattoo Artists, Piercers, and other Body Modification Specialists to the Personal Services Advisory Group.
- Tattoo Artists as well as other Body Modification Professionals should not be singled out and eliminated from reopening their businesses due to lack of understanding of the industry.
Why is this important?
Licensed and established Body Modification Businesses (Tattoo Studios, Piercing Studios etc) WILL NOT present any greater risk of COVID -19 transmission than a Salon, Barbershop or other Personal Care Service. We were all forced to cease operations when closures were mandated on 3/18/2020.
We should be able to open along side them 5/15/2020. Our standards of care and sanitation are equal to or greater than those of most salons, barbers, nail shops, as well retail, manufacturing, restaurants and other businesses already open and allowed to reopen this month. We just want to be seen and treated as equals and get back to work. Ours, along with other small businesses are suffering. Reopening this month will gives us a chance to hopefully recover our losses from this six week long closure and move forward. We have families to care for and needs to be met just like everyone else. We make an honest living, contribute to our local economy and give to our communities. Just like other hardworking business owners, contractors and employees. It would be a great disservice to segregate us from other small businesses like ours in plans for reopening Ohio.