Last Monday the Mesa City Council took some small steps in a very small segment (amateur and youth sports) of the population impacted by an alarming increase of COVID-19 infections.
After 9 months of a massive ever-present everywhere Pandemic, the conservative Republican city government of the third largest city in the State of Arizona has failed miserably to reduce the serious risks to the entire population.
What doesn't Hizzoner John Giles or City Manager Chris Brady NOT GET when the data is very clear:
As of Sunday morning, there have been at least 450,807 cases and 7,956 deaths in Arizona since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a New York Times database.
> At least 137 new coronavirus deaths and 6,769 new cases were reported in Arizona on Dec. 19.
> Over the past week, there has been an average of 6,450 cases per day, an increase of 18 percent from the average two weeks earlier.
U.S. HOTSPOTS > Arizona has the highest rate of new transmissions
Arizona Coronavirus Map and Case Count
Hospitalization data from the Covid Tracking Project; 14-day change trends use 7-day averages.
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