# Am I missing something here? (re: reopening of bars, etc... now)

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356 "2020-10-06T17:27:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356/1262 "2021-01-23T19:27:06Z")

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> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#):
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> > [@SayTwo](#):
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> > I saw a graphic yesterday comparing Arizona to LA County. Curves so close you can hardly tell them apart. Restrictions not so similar, from what I can gather.
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> Please share your cite.

Still waiting on that cite, but in the meantime, AZ has now surpassed CA in covid infection rate.

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> When it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic, few parts of the country would look to California — with its [record-setting](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-22/california-sees-record-breaking-covid-19-deaths-a-lagging-indicator-of-winter-surge) infections, jammed hospitals and confusing vaccine rollout — as better off.
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> Then there’s Arizona.
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> This state of 7.2 million now has the worst coronavirus infection rate in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitals are filling up, with a scant 150 intensive care unit beds available statewide at any time. Rural areas, including farm-rich Yuma, resort to flying patients to Phoenix. The rate of residents getting tested is among the [10 lowest](https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/states-comparison) in America.  
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> For a virus that depends on people breathing in close quarters to each other in order to spread, Arizona “has created the perfect climate,” said Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Assn. “It’s a recipe for disaster. It was California that was the hot spot. But we did nothing to stop the surge. Now, it’s us.”

> **[Arizona surpasses California as state with the worst coronavirus infection rate](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-01-22/arizona-coronavirus-surge)**
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> Arizona, which has not mandated masks and shutdowns, has surpassed California as the state with the worst rate of coronavirus infections.

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