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REID: Include context when publishing COVID cases

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Each week the Sun City West Independent shows the item “COVID-19 By The Numbers.”

It reports the number from the Arizona Department of Health Services. The numbers are reported in a way that is confusing to me. I went to the website of the Arizona Department of Health Services website, azdhs.gov, to find the numbers myself. Many of the links on the department’s website do not work. I was able to find data by Googling Arizona COVID cases by ZIP code, though persistence was required.

It is reported our state is last in the nation in testing for the virus. This presents the added worry about whether the numbers reported are accurate. For myself, I have made the decision not to return to my previous activities until I feel confident that COVID-19 data is reliable and readily available.

Carmen Reid

Sun City West