Harvard Medical School, Mass. General Hospital, Georgia Tech, and Boston Medical Center have collaborated to create on online, free-to-use COVID19 simulator, in which you can select policies at both national and state level to determine their impact on infections, mortality, hosptial utilization, and more. I encourage you to try the model for yourself, but I … Read more
Governor Ducey and his Health Department Director, Dr. Cara Christ continue to refuse to publicly release any data on nursing homes and prisons that have had diagnoses of COVID19 and consequent deaths. Maricopa County’s health director Sunenshine has also refused to release the information. News agencies have submitted final demands and are preparing for litigation. … Read more
UPDATE: Governor Ducey has announced plans to extend shelter at home orders until May 15, with modifications (PDF link). This allows certain retail business to reopen, but provides to resources for those business to meet recommendations for safety and infection control. Here is the video of the announcement of the new policy: There are plans … Read more
Since it’s Wednesday, I am wearing red, and today’s video about public education funding. Yesterday, I was filling out an endorsement questionnaire, and one of the questions was: do you support raising sales taxes to pay for public education? This question is so January 2020. When we were in session, there was much discussion about … Read more
With one day until Doug Ducey has to decide whether to end the Stay at Home order for Arizona or extend it or modify it due to the Coronavirus, the Mayors of Arizona’s three largest regional cities (Coral Evans of Flagstaff, Kate Gallego of Phoenix, and Regina Romero of Tucson) wrote a joint letter to … Read more