Relaxing COVID-19 restrictions in Arizona is premature and risky, some health experts say – By Stephanie Innes, Alison Steinbach (Arizona Republic) / Mar 5 2021
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.”
Dr. Lee Ann Kelley, the 2020 president of the Maricopa County Medical Society, called the governor’s executive order disappointing and premature.
