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Doug Ducey asked Donald Trump to reopen the Obamacare Marketplace; Trump said NO
April 1, 2020
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Governor Doug Ducey may be slow to narrow what qualifies as “essential services” in his Stay at Home Proclamation as well as accelerating the mobilization for Coronavirus testing and treatment supplies, but he, and other leaders across the country, deserve credit for recognizing that people should get access to the Obamacare Marketplaces to find health … Read more
University of Arizona COVID-19 Prevention Webinar 10am-11:30 Today
April 1, 2020
This is happening now. The Webinar is on Zoom and includes 5 experts sharing the latest about the nature of the virus and protection against it. To suggestion a question go here.
Coronavirus modeling projections for Arizona (updated)
April 1, 2020
The University of Washington has created an interactive website for projection models for hospital bed use, need for intensive care bed use, need for ventilator use, and deaths due to COVID-19 for all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. See, covid19.healthdata.org/projections. The website includes this caveat, “In locations without social distancing measures currently in … Read more
What Else Needs to be Done to Combat the Coronavirus in Arizona
April 1, 2020
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Governor Ducey has issued a Stay at Home Proclamation for people until April 30, 2020. The schools are closed until at least August 2020. The legislature has allocated $105 million in addition to the billions in federal aid to meet the Grand Canyon State’s needs to counter the adverse socio-economic effects of the virus. What … Read more
Michael Muscato creates a CD Eight District Task Force to help those Threatened by the Coronavirus
April 1, 2020
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Democratic Congressional District Eight Candidate Michael Muscato has set aside time from his campaign to launch a task force designed to help the vulnerable during the Coronavirus Public Health Emergency. Speaking in a five-minute video launching the initiative on his website, Muscato said that this is a time that “requires us to come together.” He … Read more
It’s Census Day 2020
April 1, 2020
Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes the nationwide census to find out how many people are living in the United States. If you haven’t received your census questionnaire in the mail yet, you can go online to take the census at www.azcensus2020.gov, or call 1-844-330-2020 toll free. www.azcensus2020.gov “What does the Arizona 2020 … Read more
A ‘colossal failure of leadership’ is costing Americans their lives
March 31, 2020
The right-wing propaganda mill is apoplectic (aren’t they always?) over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi telling CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” on Sunday: “We should be taking every precaution. What the President, his denial at the beginning was deadly,” Pelosi said. “I don’t know what the scientists said to him, when did this President … Read more
Conspiracy-theorist-in-chief accuses medical professionals treating COVID-19 patients of theft
March 31, 2020
The top-line headline from Donald Trump’s Sunday corona virus task force press briefing was that he’s dropping his insane desire to “reopen the country” by Easter, after doctors Anthony Fauci and Debrah Birx convinced him of the recklessness of this action, and Trump instead extended social distancing measures until April 30. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director … Read more
