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The national rate was 372 deaths per 100,000 population, however Arizonas was 581 per 100,000. This is important because the study reflects the quality of the states responses and most of Arizonas population lived in high risk areas. They had the highest death rate for 2 and a half years.
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A member of the ASU community who had recently traveled from Wuhan, China, which was the same as the other 4 diagnosed Americans.
This is important because it began the spread of covid in this state and the person contracted covid from the same place as the others
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The governor announced this and it began the realization and panic in Arizona. People still didnt understand the virus and were now told that it was serious. this was the beginning stages of the shut down in this state
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Students in gradeschool and college were told to go home and stay there until further notice. Schools all across the state were ordered to close.
This is important because school going online was a big deal and impacted a lot of students learning. School has gone more virtual and computer-based since we were forced online.
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Gov. Ducey issued a statewide stay at home order to stop the spread of the virus. Not letting the people leave their houses except for when they need food, medicine, or other essentials. This is important because it was preventing many people from dying and a lot of peoples lives changed this day since everyone was trapped at home and social life wasn't a thing anymore. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/timeline-of-coronavirus-in-arizona/75-69c216df-6773-4b25-a34d-5a397d049196
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On May 15, the statewide lock down order expired. There were 13,169 confirmed cases and 651 deaths related to COVID-19 in Arizona. This is important because everyone has been stuck at home for 2 months now and they are finally able to get out although many people have died.
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That week, distribution of the vaccine began in the state’s largest population centers, Maricopa and Pima Counties. This is important because the vaccine protected a lot of people from getting sick and dying. After then less cases appeared. https://dentalboard.az.gov/news/governor-ducey-announces-covid-19-vaccine-has-arrived-arizona -
All schools must return to in person learning on march 15th. He implimented the order in july of 2020 and made the schools send detailed plans on specific dates to ensure this. All students above age 5 were required to wear masks and educators of ages k-12 were given priority to the vaccinnes.
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Of the 1335 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in 2022, 180 (13.5%) reported having no symptoms. Of those that did report symptoms, the most commonly reported were fatigue (82.2%), headache (74.6%), aches, pains or sore muscles (66.3%), loss of taste or smell (62.8) and cough (61.9%). This is important because it shows how much its changed in the last 2 years. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/1/e053403
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While COVID-19 was still the 4th leading cause of death in Arizona during 2022, it dropped out of the top 15 this year. This is important because COVID isnt anyone's top worries and there are other things people worry about and there are now less people dying.
https://azpha.org/2024/12/26/leading-causes-of-death-in-az-in-2024-heat-deaths-up-350-in-last-5-years-covid-continues-its-drop-in-2024/ -
For the week ending January 9th, at least 108783 Arizonans were diagnosed with COVID-19, a 104% increase from the 53207 cases reported during the prior week. This was important because the previous weekly record in arizona was only 64981 cases and it was exactly one year prior. This is important because of the sudden surge of cases. they reached a new record high for cases 2 years after the pandemic started which shows that they didnt fully have the issue handled
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In 2025 the rates for COVID in Arizona include 20,778 cases. This is important because a lot of people are still catching this and can be deadly which makes us lose our populations.
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This is important because it shows how covid isnt as deadly and its becoming more of a flu-like virus versus the pandemic that was scaring most of the world
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The 7 day average was 0 cases on July 20, 2023. This is important because going from 20,778 to 0 in the span of one year is a big drop.
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These include coughing, sore throat, and having a runny nose. This is important because nowadays people don't even know if they have the flu or COVID until they get tested because with the vaccine and everything a lot of the symptoms have came down.
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Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Sore throat
Congestion or runny nose
New loss of taste or smell
Fatigue
Muscle or body aches
Headache
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea
If you feel any of these stay home and test for covid. The symptoms are the same as when it first emerged but there are less deaths
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A new strain of COVID-19, known as Stratus, has been detected in Arizona and is spreading worldwide. This is important because this is a current problem that the are now going to have to deal with.
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Some symptoms of this new variant can include coughing, a severe cold, bad sore throat, stuffy nose. Dr. Engelthaler stated the new variant of COVID-19 typically lasts a few days, but in some cases can last longer. This is important because people need to be aware that a new virus has came around.
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This is important because this is current trends and the cdc has arizona as the only state where infections are growing.
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reported COVID-19 cases, from fewer than 1,000 cases the first week of May to nearly 3,500 for the first week of August. This followed the same seasonal pattern in Arizona
https://azcir.org/news/2024/09/09/fact-brief-has-arizona-experienced-summer-spike-covid-19-cases-yes/