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Derrick Z. Jackson, fellow | March 16, 2021, 1:15 pm EDT This post is a part of a series on
The gusto of Reopening 2.0 already has epidemiologists bracing for a fourth gale of coronavirus. Instead of gritting teeth for another couple of months before a solid majority of adults are vaccinated, governors and mayors are relaxing or ending restrictions on businesses and public gatherings from Massachusetts to Texas, from California to Mississippi, from Michigan to Utah, from South Carolina to Nevada, from Maryland to Washington, and from New York to Arizona.
Instead of legislatures scrambling for a few more weeks of financial relief to keep businesses and families afloat, we are seeing a mass reopening of business offices, restaurants, sports arenas and stadiums, concert halls, movie theaters, amusement parks, casinos, gyms, bowling alleys, hair salons, barbe
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey s decision to relax COVID-19 capacity restrictions comes too early because the pandemic s not over, some health experts said Friday.
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association released a statement after the governor s announcement saying that Arizona is not in a situation where we can ease up on public health mitigation.
Similarly, Health System Alliance of Arizona, an advocacy organization that represents several major Arizona health systems, said in a statement, Now is not the time to relax our mitigation efforts; we must stay the course to ensure that our vaccination efforts can outpace the spread of the virus.