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Medical expert says spring breakers, St. Patrick’s Day likely won’t cause COVID-19 surge in Arizona
An Arizona medical expert says spring breakers and those celebrating St. Patrick's Day likely won't cause a COVID-19 surge in the state as vaccines are up and many have already been exposed to the virus.
PHOENIX - Spring breakers will be returning home to Arizona this week and combining that with St. Patrick's Day, there could be a lot of people in groups possibly spreading COVID-19.
However, a health expert says it's not a reason to worry because he says Arizona is trending in the right direction when it comes to cases.
Executive Director of the Arizona Public Health Association, Will Humble, says, "Bottom line is, we are headed in the right direction as far as cases."
With more and more seniors getting vaccinated, and much of the younger crowd already exposed to COVID-19, he says the risk of spreading the virus is much lower than it was even a month ago.
He predicts that the holiday and the break may lead Arizona to have some more cases than it otherwise would have had, but he doesn't believe it'll lead to another surge.
"I think more likely, I think it would be a steady decline more than a flattening out," Humble says of declining cases.
His main concern at this point is making vaccines more readily available and accessible.
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