I live in Phoenix….I don’t much like Arizona and have been trying hard to get out of this state for the last couple of years.
As Covid-19 grips the nation and as we all are feeling as though we are on a top spinning out of control because there is NO LEADERSHIP on this, I’ve been shouting on the rooftops for 6 weeks that Arizona needed to SHUT DOWN. (I lost a contract job at a law firm for confronting them)
The AZDHS has tested under 700 people TOTAL in all of these weeks. Test results are hidden and we are pissed. An opinion was written in AZ Central on the 27th...this MUST be shared and questions asked and answers demanded. Arizona is the worst IN THE NATION FOR TESTING www.azcentral.com/...
As of today, Ducey has not shut down the state, nor probably will he. One of his top advisors resigned as a result. Ducey has been hiding test results, and while he is ‘allowing’ several private companies to test, he is not allowing them to test to capacity (originally over 2k/daily). My understanding is less then 100 tests/daily may or may not be getting done….but according to the opinion piece I’ve linked in this, they claim there are 10k tests done, but no one is seeing these results and they seemed to have just pulled that number out of a hat, as of the same day it was said there POSSIBLY had been 6600 tests already done.
Here is why Arizona MUST be NATIONAL NEWS NOW….
Scottsdale hosted three major events that bring in MILLIONS into close contact (much like Mardi Gras) from the end of January through February. The Phoenix Open, Barrett Jackson and the Scottsdale All Arabian Horse Show. Tucson hosted their annual gem show which runs February/March. Tucson is on lockdown due to a great Mayor. The Valley of the Sun which Phoenix is part of and is the 5th most POPULOUS city in the Country, also hosts spring training. We also have a huge 2nd population of snow birds that come from all over the WORLD for 2-5 months. Snowbirds now come from all over the world, we have a huge AirBnB rental market...and you can see where this is heading.
So why is Ducey not adament about shutting our state down? Someone please hold his feet to the fire and get that answer. He and his ‘advisors’ are mimicking Trump and it is costing lives.
I live withn 3 miles of the VA main campus, where there are positive tests, 2 miles to Banner University that is getting overwhelmed already and I believe they have about 1000 beds and a huge ER. We have healthcare workers who cannot get tested, we have healthcare workers on ventilators, we have healthcare workers begging for PPEs.
Social distancing here is laughable. Fry’s, Safeway, Costco, Wal-Mart, etc., never have less then 50-100 cars in their parking lots...there isn’t anything special being done CONSTANTLY, despite what they say.
We need to get Arizona into the NEWS and find out why we are lied to….SHUT DOWN ARIZONA NOW.
