Gov. Ducey says students need to be back in school or districts will lose funding
By Jennifer Martinez and FOX 10 Staff
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Gov. Ducey says students need to be back in school or districts will lose funding
PHOENIX - Arizona s Governor on Monday, Jan. 11 expressed the need for students to head back into classrooms in his
State of the State address, but it was soon met with criticism as it appears funding will be cut if schools continue distanced learning. In strange, difficult circumstances, parents and teachers have done their resourceful best. But it’s time to get our students back where they belong. With every public health professional, from Dr. Fauci and the CDC on down, saying that the safest place for kids to be is in school. We will not be funding empty seats or allowing schools to remain in a perpetual state of closure. Children still need to learn, even in a pandemic, Ducey said in his address, alluding to not providing funding for schools that cont
Advertisement: Pressure on Pima County hospitals continues to rise. As of Monday, Jan. 11, a record number of 243 COVID patients were in ICU beds, accounting for 68% of ICU beds. Only 20 ICU beds were available in the county, according to the Pima County Health Department. The death toll among COVID continued to rise with 46 deaths over the weekend, bringing the total since Jan. 1 to 172.
UA professor: Virus “is mowing through Arizona like a sharpened scythe” The latest COVID-19 report from a University of Arizona professor shows an increase in already alarming coronavirus numbers as the state continues to set records for weekly case counts. Those numbers are likely even higher in reality because of a backlog in reporting.
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Jan. 8, 2021
Clinicians fear prolonged isolation and anxiety amidst pandemic could elevate youth suicide risk. (Photo by JD Hancock/Creative Commons)
PHOENIX – The pandemic has affected different people in different ways, causing financial stress due to job loss, sliding grades, relationship pressures and worries that vulnerable loved ones could contract COVID-19.
But one factor that has affected Americans across the country is the loss of social connectedness. Even before the pandemic shuttered schools, restaurants and workplaces last spring, an estimated 3 in 5 Americans reported a growing sense of loneliness, according to Cigna’s 2020 Loneliness Index. Roughly 73% of those surveyed said they sometimes or always feel alone, up from 69% in the previous year.