“Hundreds of kids and their families are headed to Arizona for a soccer tournament with 500 teams,” CNN reported on Wednesday, November 25, 2020.
“Absolutely fantastic news,” said Phoenix City Council member Sal DiCiccio in a tweet. “The 800 kid soccer tournament will still be held in Phoenix this coming weekend. They are coming here because they had been banned everywhere else and we have amazing facilities. We welcome you and your families to our great city!”
Read story here.
Meanwhile, “as the spread of the coronavirus in Arizona reaches unprecedented levels,” the state’s health care system is stretched thin, MSN reported on November 24, 2020. One hospital worker said,
“Hospitals are at the point where we can’t accept all patients and are making decisions based on if they have the chance of survival. We are also not able to provide all treatment modalities such as dialysis on all patients based on futility of the situation.”
Read that story here.
What happened to common sense? I’d guess some of those soccer families will be holding funerals by Christmas. But this isn’t just their fault; a trainload of blame will fall to the local officials who allowed this tournament to take place.
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