“We are really looking forward to resuming our work,” said Joe Gerald, an associate professor at the University of Arizona and one of the participants from his school and Arizona State University. Details of Ducey’s phased reopening appear to clash with the predictions of the academic experts, who expect the state’s peak of cases to arrive in mid-May. “Our initial request for the team was to produce the model that they delivered on April 20,” he said. In addition to modeling the spread of the virus, the academics were involved in making projections for hospital demand and equipment use. ADRep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.), who had assailed the earlier move to end the analysis, praised the state’s decision to resume the partnership.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2020 23:25 UTC