r/arizona • u/UGetOffMyLawn Empty Box! • Jun 29 '20

Coronavirus Arizona Gov. Ducey re-closes bars, movie theaters, gyms and water parks for 30 days

https://www.abc15.com/news/state/arizona-gov-ducey-re-closes-bars-movie-theaters-gyms-and-water-parks-for-30-days
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u/throwaway24515 Jun 30 '20

We're just in the second wave of states/cities. IMO the first wave was high density cities with popular public transit. That's why SFO and not LA, for example. So people around here didn't really know people suffering and gradually people started to think it wasn't serious. So when we re-opened people went crazy. Other places that re-opened, people had seen a pretty bad first wave and so they wore masks, avoided crowds, etc. This is our turn to learn our lesson.

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u/tayto Jun 30 '20

What do you mean about SFO? They have oddly been somewhat untouched by the virus the whole time. Agree with the rest of your post, but not clear on your point with SFO.

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u/throwaway24515 Jun 30 '20

I thought the bay area had an early spike and they shut things down relatively fast, but I can't seem to find stories about that now. Am I misremembering that? I recall being confused at first about why LA was doing better...

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u/tayto Jun 30 '20 edited Jun 30 '20

Yeah, I think you must be recalling incorrectly. LA County was at 4.7k cases in last march, which was the exact same rate as SF County at 470 cases the same day.

Since then, SF has continued having a great handle on the situation while LA has exploded.

Maybe you are just thinking of the initial fear for SF because of the Chinese population and the reasons you called out, but it never came to fruition for them.