Dear Community Member:
Your Risk as the Coronavirus Careens Out-of-Control
Green Valley and Quail Creek are basically Senior communities. Therefore, most residents are very aware of their vulnerability to the Coronavirus. If we seniors are following the guidelines of wearing a mask, washing our hands and are not gathering in groups, then “risk” becomes the most vulnerable point in our protection. We all experience risk when we go shopping, pump gas, handle money, when a friend invites us to dinner, on and on and on. Everyone needs to consider how much risk they are willing to take. Because we live in a community of Seniors, we residents ought to be able to significantly reduce the spread of the virus in our community!
Pima County’s Voluntary Curfew
Pima County has recommended a voluntary curfew running from 10 PM to 5 AM. The curfew started on November 23, 2020 and will run through the end of December. For most of us in Green Valley this should not be a hardship as most of us are “early” to bed and “early” to rise. And though the sun has not yet risen, remember do not leave your house for your morning constitutional before 5:00 AM. For those of you who are planning to raise your glass one more time, remember you need to be sober to take yourself home by 10 PM. Although the curfew is voluntary, barring essential or emergency activities, if everyone practices social distancing by observing the curfew, then we can help reduce transmission of the coronavirus.
Pima County and Arizona Covid-19 Dashboard Statistics
In the last week of November, the total number of people in Arizona who have tested positive for Covid-19 is 325,995 and the number of deaths is 6,634. In Pima County, the number is 38,668 positive cases and 682 deaths. The death rates for the county and state are comparable, at .017 for Pima County and .020 for Arizona.
Free Covid-19 testing is available. “Pima County has opened sites offering free testing to anybody in the community, ages 5 and older, without a doctor’s order and even if you do not have symptoms. These sites offer the PCR test that can let you know if you have an active Covid-19 infection and may be able to spread the disease to others.” There are locations for both walk up and drive thru testing.
See the Pima County website for location information:The web page address is https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=575060.You may also find the page by going to the Pima County website, click on Health, then click on Education and Outreach, then Pima County Combined Covid-19 Information and Resources, then Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19 Information & Resources), then Pima County Covid-19 Testing Centers. This is a cumbersome process, so you may want to bookmark the Pima County pages you use regularly.