Donna Skoda - Summit County Health Commissioner

Ray Horner Show

From the professional and collegiate sports leagues to nearly every community both large and small, COVID-19 is not going away. And while the Omicron variant has made its way into the United States, many communities are still dealing with the effects of Delta. A frustrated Dr. Cliff Deveny called into the Ray Horner Morning Show on Friday morning to talk about the impact this is having in the Akron area, and especially inside the halls of Summa Health. The Summa CEO discussed the strain on his staff, from lack of beds to staff, during this latest COVID-19 surge, and now mix the return of the flu, and that has delayed many elective surgeries into 2022. Dr. Deveny also touched on the recent CDC report about the Johnson+Johnson vaccine not being as effective as the Pfizer and the Moderna jabs.

Dr. Cliff Deveny - President & CEO, Summa Health

Dan Horrigan - Akron Mayor

Don Walters - Cuyahoga Falls mayor

Bob Ethington on 2021 Celebrity Deaths

In February of 1996, the plug was pulled on WAKC-TV, or as the locals know it, TV-23. In those 25 years, many Akron residents still fondly remember the days when the city had a television station. Mark Williamson has worked for Mayor Don Plusquellic and is now the communications director at Akron Public Schools, but prior to those jobs, he was a news anchor at TV-23. He joined the Ray Horner Morning Show to remember the days of 23, why the station did not survive, and why Akronites continue missing having that option for news nearly three decades later.

Mark Williamson - Akron Public Schools

This week, President Biden met with Russian president Vladimir Putin virtually to hash out a variety of subjects regarding not only their respective nations, but others adjacent. Some of those topics dealt with continued sanctions, as well as Russia's potential invasion of Ukraine. Dr. Mark Cassell is a professor of political science at Kent State University, and he joined the Ray Horner Morning Show to touch on some of those relations between the United States and Russia, and how Biden and the U.S. may respond going forward. Dr. Cassell also discussed the human rights issues and violations in China, to the point where the U.S. may boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Dr. Mark Cassell - Prof. of Political Science, Kent State University

Dr. Thomas File - Doctor of Infectious Diseases, Summa Health

Col. James Reynolds - Salvation Army

Cases of COVID-19 have gone up again in Ohio, and while the focus nationally and internationally has been on the Omicron variant, many in the state's hospitals are still suffering from the Delta variant. One of those hospitals seeing a shortage of beds and stress on their staff is Cleveland Clinic Akron General, and because of that, the facility is temporarily halting the scheduling of new non-essential surgeries until January. Dr. Brian Harte is the president of Cleveland Clinic Akron General, and he joined the Ray Horner Morning Show to discuss Omicron, Delta, the postponement of those non-essential surgeries, and the continued protocol for the staff and guests at their facilities.

Dr. Brian Harte - Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Rich Desrosiers - Pro Football Hall of Fame

Christine Kellamis - Better Business Bureau of Akron

It's State Championship Weekend for the OHSAA and Tim Stried gives us a preview.

Tim Stried - OHSAA

Dr. Hazel Barton - Microbiologist, University of Akron

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