Arizona's surge in virus cases has been "the worst" in the U.S.

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Marisa Lopez and her half-brother Luke Byrd say they knew as they sent their 63-year-old mother Kimberley to the hospital that it might be the last time they'd ever see her alive.

"Before she went, I was like, Luke, we need to give mom a hug and tell her we love her because we don't know what's going to happen," Lopez told CBS News correspondent Mola Lenghi. "This might be it, and, I mean, we were right. It was it."

Kimberley Lopez-Byrd was an elementary school teacher in Phoenix and was teaching summer school online. She was sharing a classroom with two other teachers when she came down with the coronavirus.

Arizona reported more than 2,500 new coronavirus cases Sunday. Over the past seven days, nearly 27% of tests there were positive, the highest rate in the nation.

ICU's are nearly full, and the state is preparing for the outbreak to get much worse.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/arizonas-surge-in-virus-cases-has-been-the-worst-in-the-us/ar-BB16FEQT?li=BBnb7Kz

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1. Arizona governor bought the Trump lie "the virus will disappear when

the weather is warm."

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2. And he still won't require masks statewide.

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3. Republican governors are evil assholes.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/07/09/arizona-gov-doug-ducey-gives-covid-19-updat/5406846002/
As COVID-19 surge persists, Ducey takes little action
Maria Polletta and Andrew Oxford | Arizona Republic

Gov. Doug Ducey did not announce significant new measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Arizona on Thursday despite pleas for aggressive action from doctors, mayors and some state lawmakers.

The Republican leader acknowledged the state's spiraling case numbers and hospitalizations, as well as the effectiveness of the state's April stay-at-home order. But he rolled out just one policy change: a minor directive further limiting restaurant capacity for dine-in service.