Welcome to the final Vitalyst Spark podcast of 2020. We are finishing this year with our 20th COVID-19 Roundtable just after Emergency Use Authorization for a second vaccine from Moderna. It also arrives among very long shadows cast by record high new daily and weekly case counts, record high hospitalizations, and unthinkable numbers of deaths. The U.S. is experiencing fatality rates that are equivalent to or greater than a daily 9/11. Some realities of how we are handling this pandemic have become maddeningly frustrating. Meanwhile, other realities have to be acknowledged as part of a learning curve. And still others – like getting two highly effective vaccines developed in less than a year – are to be celebrated. We’re going to touch on all three of those realities in today’s discussion.
What can you do this holiday season? Enjoy it. Safely. That means not only should you wash up, mask up, and keep a heads up for your fellow Arizonans out there. It also means that we’ve got to slow down the spread. And that means that we all need to shrink our circle. The more people we bump into, the more chance there is for COVID-19 to spread. It’s that simple, so please: be COVID smart. The capacity of our health care system to care for our fellow Arizonans is at stake. The well-being of our frontline health care workers is at stake. The lives of so many Arizonans are too. Do you part. Shrink your circle of contact. Be COVID smart.
Alright, let’s get to it. It’s time to talk about the numbers, health care capacity, front line worker burnout, contact tracing, state metrics for businesses and schools, vaccines, the powers of science, the media, and more… as of December 21, 2020.
E130: The Arizona Emerging Leaders Network
E129: Implementing Effective Community-Specific Alternate Response Strategies and Collaborations
E128: ¿Qué es el Patrocinio Fiscal y qué hace TAPAZ por los proyectos patrocinados?
E127: Inclusive Voting in Arizona & Health Implications
E126: What is Fiscal Sponsorship and What Does TAPAZ Do for Sponsored Projects?
E125: Legislative Outlook & Policy Updates
E124: HIV – Reducing Stigma and Educating the Public
E123: Housing Solutions_Manufactured Housing
E122: Healthcare Marketplace Open Enrollment, Medicaid Redetermination, and the Cover Arizona Coalition
E121: Where is Arizona: First Responders and Mental Health Integration
E120: Feeding Matters: The Systems Change Behind Pediatric Feeding Disorder
E119: Arizona Town Hall: Equity for All Arizonans
E118: The Nature Conservancy and the Evolution of Systems Change
E117 - Superior: Gateway to the Copper Corridor
E116: The Long Game: A Conversation with Floribella Redondo of AzCHOW
E115: Systems Change Takes Time: Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth
E114: The Arizona Food Systems Network
E113: Medicaid Unwinding
E112: A Conversation with UPI Loan Fund and Native Community Capital: A Look into Impact Investing
E111: Promising Housing Practices in Arizona
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