Arizona Protests, Reopened Businesses May Lead To COVID-19 Spike
Arizona’s former health director is concerned that recent protests and gatherings will contribute to new outbreaks of COVID-19. Will Humble says that the state had already been seeing an increase in cases 10 days after Gov. Doug Ducey’s stay-at-home order expired.
“Many places are doing the right thing and doing things properly; many people are doing the right thing and doing things properly, but there’s enough people that are taking shortcuts that it’s amplifying the virus,” Humble said.
Humble is not just referring to the protests. He says many restaurants and nightclubs are disregarding social distancing guidelines.
He says that even if most people attending protests and nightclubs are young and low-risk, they will come into contact with high-risk individuals. He says the young need to be cautious so they “don’t expose their grandparents.”
