{"id":486,"date":"2020-11-06T21:55:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T05:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/arizona\/articles\/how-many-lives-will-we-choose-save\/"},"modified":"2022-08-06T03:50:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T10:50:01","slug":"how-many-lives-will-we-choose-to-save","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/dev.pirg-test.com\/arizona\/articles\/how-many-lives-will-we-choose-to-save\/","title":{"rendered":"How many lives will we choose to save?"},"featured_media":13842,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":""},"campaign_tax":[],"display_option":[],"issue_tax":[],"person_tax":[],"region_tax":[],"state":[5,7,8,9,12,13,16,18,23,24,25,28,29,2,32,33,34,36,38,40,41,42,46,50,52],"topic_tax":[151,150],"class_list":["post-486","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"helper_taxonomies":{"topics":[150,151],"collection":false,"press_type":false,"person_type":false,"resource_type":false,"event_type":false,"campaigns":false,"department":false,"level":false,"states":[2,5,7,8,9,12,13,16,18,23,24,25,28,29,32,33,34,36,38,40,41,42,46,50,52],"act_option":false,"display_option":false,"primary":{"topic":151}},"featured_image":13842,"caption_override":"","excerpt":"COVID-19 is raging across the country, and experts warn that without swift action, tens of thousands of people will die.\u00a0","updated_on":null,"sidebar_action":null,"hide_hero_image":false,"sidebar_action_query_string":""},"helper_people_group":{"title":"Authors","entities":[{"type":"dynamic","dynamic_person":{"site":4,"people":"200"},"information":{"name":"","image":null,"role":"","biography":"","contact":{"twitter":"","facebook":"","email":"","phone":""}}}]},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

Regardless of the election\u2019s outcome, COVID-19 will continue to spread unchecked without quick action to stop it. And while the country is bitterly divided, I\u2019m confident that voters across the political spectrum care about the health and safety of their friends, neighbors and loved ones. Two things are as clear as they\u2019ve been for months: it\u2019s in our power to save lives, and taking measures to do so would help, not hurt the economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Decisions made by state governors and federal lawmakers \u2014 both Republicans and Democrats \u2014 in the coming weeks will determine how many people will live through the winter. I wish that was hyperbole, but it\u2019s not. No spin, no partisanship: just cold, hard fact. The White House\u2019s own advisor Dr. Deborah Birx is sounding the alarm<\/a> about what\u2019s in store for us without swift action.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A recent study<\/a> suggests that as many as 210,000 people out of the more than 230,000 dead from COVID-19 wouldn\u2019t have died from it if our national response had been as fast and as effective as other similarly wealthy countries. One influential model<\/a> projects that we could lose about 170,000 more lives by Feb. 1, 2021, potentially even more if officials ease restrictions further.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We have the power to save tens of thousands of lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In response to its recent surges, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have all announced new coronavirus restrictions, including closing most non-essential businesses and issuing stay-at-home orders to quickly break the chains of transmission of the virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Should the United States follow suit?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the numbers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n