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STEVE PATTERSON IN PHOENIX AND
PRISCILLA
PRISCILLA THOMPSON.
STEVE, IS THE CURVE FLATTENING
IN ARIZONA AS THE VICE PRESIDENT
IS SAYING?
>> Reporter: LOOK, BY ALL
INDICATIONS THAT’S NOT HAPPENING
WHEN YOU TALK TO HEALTH WORKERS
IN THE HOSPITAL, FRONT LINE
WORKERS THAT SAY THE NUMBER ONE
THING THEY NEED IS MORE BODIES,
MORE PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS THAT
ARE ALREADY PACKED, NEARING
CAPACITY.
ONE INDICATOR YOU HAVE TO LOOK
AT, QUARTER TEST POSITIVE RATE
AMONG ALL CASES, THAT MEANS MORE
THAN IT SOUNDS LIKE, IT MEANS
ACCORDING TO HEALTH NOIGSOFFICIA
BASED ON THE STUDY THAT FOUND
THAT, THAT TESTING IS SO LOW
THAT IT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR
PEOPLE NOT SICK.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE 25% OF PEOPLE
TESTING POSITIVE, IT IS NOT
GETTING TO A CORE GROUP THAT’S
ASYMPTOMATIC.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS.
THAT SPEAKS TO THE FACT NOT
ENOUGH IS BEING DONE ON THE
GROUND.
YOU HAVE SITUATIONS IN WHICH YOU
ESSENTIALLY HAVE BLIND SPOTS.
THAT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THERE
MAY BE MORE COMMUNITY SPREAD
OVER A LONGER SUSTAINED TIME,
LET’S SAY SINCE MIDDLE OF MAY
WHEN STAY AT HOME ORDER LIFTED
TO WHERE YOU HAVE A SITUATION
YOU WERE BLIND TO WHERE THE
DISEASE AND VIRUS IS SPREADING
AT THIS POINT.
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED
ABOUT A FEW THINGS, WORRIED
ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY SPREAD,
THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT OBVIOUSLY
THE TEST POSITIVE RATE, BUT
THEY’RE REALLY WORRIED BUDGET
HAVING PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
THIS IS BANNER HEALTH, THEY’RE
RUNNING A DRIVE.
YOU CAN SEE CARS BEHIND ME,
PEOPLE GETTING TESTED.
THEY SAY THEY CAN DO A THOUSAND
A DAY EVERY DAY, BUT THAT IS
FOR GETTING IT BACK, FIVE TO
SEVEN DAYS FOR RESULTS.
THAT’S NOT SALIENT FOR TRACKING
OR KNOWING THE SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE VIRUS
AND TEST RESULTS BACK WITHIN TWO
DAYS.
BECAUSE SITES ARE SLAMMED,
HOSPITALS ARE SLAMMED, THE LABS
ARE SLAMMED AS WELL.
IT IS A REAL CLOG IN THE SYSTEM,
