A data analyst who recently called into KNST-AM 790 and spoke with host Garrett Lewis is advocating for the Arizona to re-open based on the most recently available data.
The analyst who only goes by the Twitter handle @HOLD2LLC said based on the numbers, Arizona is on the tail end of the bell curve and falling @HOLD2LLC said. He added that herd immunity is a real probability and that the mainstream media has been misrepresenting the numbers to instill fear and panic in the general populace, thus keeping lockdowns and restrictions in place.
“It’s not even necessary to track COVID-19 hospitalizations anymore. COVID-19 ICU is now LOWER than during the lockdown," @HOLD2LLC said on Twitter. "Cases are so low its not even measurable.”
Garrett Lewis is a radio host with KNST-AM 790.
In reference to a possible second spike should things reopen, the analyst cast doubt on such a scenario.
“I do not believe if Arizona were to go back to school, back to business, allow work and allow gyms to open that it would shoot back up like it did," he said. "That hasn’t happened anywhere on the Earth that I’m aware of. Arizona has gone through the process of burnout and is on the downside.”
@HOLD2LLC believes that the question of returning to normal life boils down to a calculated risk that everyone should evaluate for themselves.
The push for mass testing has proven not to be as productive for America as it has for other smaller nations who have advocated for it. The U.S.A.'s push to test any and everyone is just not practical for such a large country as it is simply not worthwhile to test everyone and is a waste of valuable resources, the analyst said.
“What we are doing now is not normal," he said. "Trying to test everyone who is not sick is not normal. The reason behind it was best way to contact trace and isolate (but in a big spread out country like America) doesn’t work the same as it does in New Zealand.”
@HOLD2LLC's Twitter account has highlighted several facts about the reporting of COVID-19 attributed deaths are highly inflated. He shows that Arizona has stopped reporting Death Certificate matches and no longer explain anomalies.
“Arizona admitted verbally and in writing to counting ANY death as COVID-19 if death occurs within 61 days of a positive test,” @HOLD2LLC said on Twitter.
This means that if someone tested positive for COVID-19 59 days ago and then got struck and killed by a bus, his death would be attributed to COVID-19. Equally so for someone who had a terminal illness like cancer who also tested positive for the virus would be treated as a COVID-19 death.
Another factor that should be taken into account is the number of people getting tested has increased dramatically. The positivity rate of the tests has also risen. @HOLD2LLC’s analysis is backed up by a recent Fox News article.
"The data is clear: Arizona has turned a corner in regards to the novel coronavirus. The number of cases and deaths has dropped nearly to levels seen back in April, according to state-reported data,” the Fox News article states.
Arizona is now reported to have the lowest rate of virus reproduction in the country.
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