Arizona District Legislative Six Senator Sylvia Allen, the chair of the Senate Education Committee, is no stranger to controversial remarks. Over the years she has: Said the Earth is 6000 years old. Openly worried that the nation would look too much like South America (she apologized and said her comments were misconstrued.) Wanted to exclude … Read more
THIS POST IS PART OF A SERIES ON THE NEED TO REBUILD ARIZONA’S PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. We know that large manufacturing and processing facilities present a big risk of rapid spread of COVID-19. We are seeing outbreaks of hundreds, even thousands of cases caused by “essential” businesses continuing business as usual in anything-but-usual times. To … Read more
THIS POST IS PART OF A SERIES ON THE NEED TO REBUILD ARIZONA’S PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. To get back to work, Arizona needs to understand the extent of the Coronavirus’ community spread by identifying the infected, especially in those who cannot effectively physically distance themselves. We must do contact tracing of everyone identified as Coronavirus … Read more
THIS POST IS PART OF A SERIES ON THE NEED TO REBUILD ARIZONA’S PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. Identifying the infected is step one in getting an epidemic under control. For that, you need a massive and scientifically rigorous testing program, which, according to the Ducey Administration, we now have capacity to do testing on demand. We … Read more
This a public health announcement for people who do think everything Donald Trump says is the gospel. Do not listen to the medical prescriptions and suggestions of Dr. Death masquerading as the President of the United States. First, he said people had nothing to lose with the anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine. It turns out that the … Read more