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Ducey’s statewide directive to be in eff ect at least through April 30

Classrooms closed rest of school year; home instruction continues

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Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday issued a statewide “stay at home” order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, preventing Arizonans from leaving their residences except for food, medicine and other “essential activities.”

The directive, which also allows for outdoor exercise, will take eff ect upon close of business Tuesday and apply through at least April 30.

“Already, things have shut down to a large degree,” the Republican leader said at an afternoon press briefi ng, with Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ at his side. “They’re going to shut down even further.”

Gov. Doug Ducey has extended the closure of all Arizona schools through the end of this school year.

In a joint statement Monday with Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoff man, Ducey wrote that the decision was made to align with guidance from the federal government.

“These eff orts are crucial, and we recognize that schools are making every eff ort possible to continue providing instruction during closures,” they wrote in the statement.

On Friday, Ducey signed legislation to allow students to fi nish the school year from home.

The plan mandates that schools off er classes in an alternative for-

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Family, friends, police remember slain Phoenix Cmdr. Carnicle Uriel J. Garcia Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

It was the type of call police offi cers regularly respond to, a report of a domestic confl ict between roommates.

So, when Phoenix police Cmdr. Greg Carnicle and patrol offi cers Marissa Dowhan and Alicia Hubert responded to the home in north Phoenix on Sunday afternoon, “there was no indication that

there were any problems,” Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said.

Then 22-year-old Jacob Emry Mcilveen started shooting at the offi cers, killing Carnicle, a 31Carnicle year Phoenix Police Department veteran who had planned to retire later this year. Dowhan and Hubert survived and are recovering.

“We normally just go out there, we keep the peace, we meditate, we try to resolve it. In a worst-case scenario, we make an arrest. We never anticipate something like this even though we know it can happen,” said Phoenix Lt. Ben Leuschner, who worked with Carnicle for many years.

Carnicle, 56, is survived by his wife of 30 years, four adult children — three daughters and a son — and four grand-

children, with two more on the way. He started working at the Phoenix Police Department when he was 25.

Carnicle’s family released a statement describing him as a huge baseball fan who coached little league for his son’s and grandsons’ teams.

“There are literally no words that can properly convey the incredible man our See CARNICLE, Page 8A

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Virus hits at care gap The spread of the coronavirus has health care advocates for minority and low-income communities pressing their case for renewed attention. 6A

Sales are up at Grey Matter Family Bicycle Shop in these days of social distancing.

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COVID-19 poses dangers for many, not just elderly Lauran Neergaard ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – Older people remain most at risk of dying as the new coronavirus continues its rampage, but they’re far from the only ones vulnerable. One of many mysteries: Men seem to be faring worse than women.

As cases skyrocket in the U.S. and Europe, it’s becoming more clear that how healthy you were before the pandemic began plays a key role in how you fare regardless of age.

The majority of people who get COVID-19 have mild or moderate symp-

toms. But “majority” doesn’t mean “all,” and that raises an important question: Who should worry most that they’ll be among the seriously ill? Preliminary numbers from early cases around the world are starting to off er hints.

Senior citizens are the hardest hit by COVID-19. In China, 80% of deaths were among people in their 60s or older, a trend that is playing out elsewhere.

But, “the idea that this is purely a disease that causes death in older people we need to be very, very careful with,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief.

As much as 10% to 15% of people un-

der 50 have moderate to severe infection, he said Friday.

“Young people are not invincible,” said WHO’s Maria Van Kerkhove, who added that more information is needed about the disease in all age groups.

Underlying health plays a big role. In China, 40% of people who required critical care had other chronic health problems. And there, deaths were highest among people who had heart disease, diabetes or chronic lung diseases before they got COVID-19.

Preexisting health problems also can increase risk of infection, such as people who have weak immune systems,

including from cancer treatment.

Other countries now are seeing how pre-pandemic health plays a role, and more such threats are likely to be discovered. Italy reported that of the fi rst nine people younger than 40 who died of COVID-19, seven were confi rmed to have “grave pathologies” such as heart disease.

The more health problems, the worse they fare. Italy also reports about half of people who died with COVID-19 had three or more underlying conditions, while just 2% of deaths were in people with no preexisting ailments.

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Valley&State Amid social distancing, bicycle business on a roll Richard Morin Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

Erik Angermeier estimates that two to three new bikes leave the showroom at Grey Matter Family Bicycle on any given Saturday.

On March 21, the number was 17.

Grey Matter, a nonprofi t business in Phoenix, is one of many bicycle shops in the Valley experiencing huge waves of business amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Strictly fi nancially speaking,” said Angermeier, a manager at Grey Matter, “we’re doing four times our normal income right now.”

Most shop owners and managers, including Angermeier, attribute the surge in business to the recent closing of gyms and fi tness centers. That, coupled with people’s desire to get outside while still maintaining social distancing, have led to fl oods of consumers at local bicycle shops.

For shops like Grey Matter, the infl ux of business leaves more funds that the nonprofi t can donate to Barrow Neurological Institute for brain tumor research and awareness.

The shop was founded in 2014 by Kyle Claff ey, who was battling brain cancer at the time. Although Claff ey died just months before the shop could open, his legacy was upheld by family and friends, including his father, Mike, who remains as one of the shop’s owners.

Grey Matter accepts bicycle donations and turns hunks of junk into rideable vehicles for sale, donating proceeds of such transactions to Barrow.

Still, as welcomed as a business boom is for Grey Matter, it complicates things, too. The increase in sales, bike repairs and donations has begun to pile up.

“It’s been almost like a grocery store frenzy,” Angermeier said. “We don’t have enough personnel to build these donated bikes and keep up with regular repairs and sales.”

Angermeier said Grey Matter has been in contact with several other local bicycle shops, all of whom are reporting See BICYCLES, Page 11A

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24 residents, 3 staff ers test positive for virus at Tucson nursing center Anne Ryman Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

A Tucson nursing home has confi rmed that 24 of its residents and three employees have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Sapphire of Tucson Nursing and Rehabilitation said in a statement Monday that offi cials at the 180-resident facility contacted the Pima County Health Department when the fi rst patient showed symptoms of COVID-19 last week.

The source of the infection is unclear and remains under investigation.

Jeanine L’Ecuyer, a spokeswoman for

Sapphire, said the facility is following the guidance of federal, state and county health authorities. She declined to say, for privacy reasons, whether any residents or employees have been hospitalized.

About 250 employees work at the nursing home, at 2900 E. Milber St., north of Tucson International Airport.

Employees are following infection prevention procedures, and those who believe they may have been exposed or are developing symptoms are being asked to leave work and self-isolate at home.

Health experts say nursing home residents are at the greatest risk of death or severe illness from COVID-19 because

many are elderly and have underlying medical conditions.

The Arizona Republic detailed the risks to nursing homes from COVID-19, after a nursing home near Seattle was linked to at least 35 deaths from the virus. One expert, Tony Chicotel, staff attorney at California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, predicted some nursing homes are likely to see half their residents stricken with the virus.

Cases of COVID-19 have only recently been reported at Arizona nursing homes. Last week, the Department

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Losing one who serves for us while we shelter Phoenix police Cmdr. Greg Carnicle and the offi cers who answered a disturbance call Sunday night did not have the option of sheltering in place.

Because while the coronavirus threatens us all, including fi rst responders, some among us also fall victim to the virus of violence, the virus of crime, and to fi ght that epidemic, to fl atten that curve, we have men and women like Commander Carnicle and all of the other law enforcement professionals.

He was killed and two other offi cers were injured while answering a domestic violence call.

Police say it began as an argument between roommates, and that the offi cers were speaking with one of the residents when they were shot.

Even after the loss of an individual our police department and our city and our state and our country could not afford to lose, those other professionals continue to serve.

The department tweeted: Critical Incident: With heavy hearts we announce the passing of a Phx PD Commander. Greg Carnicle was shot at the scene of a domestic violence call.

Two other offi cers also shot at 40th Drive and Pinnacle Peak. The two offi cers are expected to recover. RIP Cmdr Carnicle.

An incident like this wakes us from our self-centered routines and for a time everything we were worried about or were arguing about seems petty and unimportant.

It reminds us, in the worst way possible, about how good we have it because of them, even during these dark days of the pandemic. It reminds us of how petty our concerns can seem compared to what the men and women of the police department are willing to do for us. To sacrifi ce for us.

These offi cers have the same concerns that you and I have. They have bills to pay and children to educate and cars to keep in running condition and garbage to take out. They have extended families, and within those families there are the same issues and concerns in your family. Money trouble.

Illness. Relationship problems.

They worry, as we worry, about the virus. About the possibility that their job might expose them to the illness, as it might expose them to other dangers. They're the same as us, only better.

They go to work each day knowing they might have to give up their lives on our behalf.

They never expect it to happen, but they know it could happen.

And they serve.

As Commander Carnicle served.

May he rest in peace.

Reach columnist E.J. Montini at ed.montini@arizonarepublic.com

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Confi rmed coronavirus cases in Arizona surge past 1,000, with 20 deaths Rachel Leingang Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

Arizona cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, now number more than 1,000, with 20 known deaths, new numbers posted by the Arizona Department of Health Services on Monday show.

The total identifi ed cases in Arizona is 1,157, according to the latest state fi gures, with every one of the state’s 15 counties now recording at least one case.

That’s an increase of confi rmed 238 cases, or 26%, since Sunday.

On Sunday, the state reported 919 identifi ed cases and 17 known deaths.

As of Sunday afternoon, Pima County recorded six deaths related to COVID-19. Maricopa County had fi ve and Coconino County two, according to their respective websites. Navajo County announced a death due to COVID-19 on Sunday.

Maricopa County’s Health Department provided more detailed information on its cases. The state’s database shows the county has 690 cases, while the counties say 689. Of the 689, the county numbers show: ❚ Confi rmed cases increased by 143 from Sunday to Monday. ❚ The majority of the cases, at 381 cases, or 55%, are male. ❚ Three people under age 18 have tested positive. ❚ People aged 18 to 39 make up 35% of positive cases, followed by people 4059 years old at 33% and people over age 60 at 32%. ❚ Eighteen percent, or 122 cases, are hospitalized. ❚ Seven percent, or 46 cases, were in the intensive care unit. The number includes any case that was in the ICU during their illness, the county says. ❚ The likelihood of being hospitalized or in the ICU increases with age. Of those aged 18-39, 15 were hospitalized and fi ve were in the ICU. For people aged 40 to 59, 35 were hospitalized and 13 were in the ICU. Among those over age 60, there were 72 hospitalized and 28 in the ICU. ❚ Five people have died.

According to Monday’s state update, among other counties, Pima County had 187. Navajo County had 88 cases, while Coconino had 71. Pinal County had 64,

Apache County had 17, Yavapai County had 15, Mohave County seven, Yuma County six, Cochise County had four and Gila County had one.

La Paz, Santa Cruz and Graham County each had two identifi ed cases.

Greenlee County in southeastern Arizona now has recorded one case. The county is the last to record a case. It has had 35 tests completed, the state’s dashboard shows.

Cochise County is now believed to have community spread, the county’s health department said in a news release Monday.

The county now has four cases. The most recent case is an adult female who is now hospitalized outside Cochise County. She has no recent travel history, leading the county to believe she is the fi rst case of community spread in Cochise County.

In a news release Monday, Yuma County said it now had 12 cases, though not all were refl ected in the state’s dashboard. All are travel-related and in isolation now.

A Grand Canyon Village resident has tested positive for the new coronavirus, marking the fi rst publicly identifi ed case among the small population that lives at the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. The state Health Department announced in a news release on Sunday that its COVID-19 dashboard had been enhanced. The state previously provided only a limited scope of the cases.

The new dashboard provides a more comprehensive view of the number of cases, breaking it down by the number of cases per week, age and gender.

The distribution of cases appears to align with the number of tests done.

For instance, the age group with the highest percentage of cases, those aged 20 to 44, also are the age group that has had the most tests.

Most COVID-19 tests come back negative, the state’s dashboard shows, with 6% of tests coming back positive.

Last week, the level of community spread went from moderate to “widespread,” as listed on the state Health Department’s website. Community spread means the patient had no history of traveling to regions of the world aff ected by new coronavirus and also had no known contact with anyone infected by it.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

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1880: Wabash, Ind., became the first town in the world to be illuminated by electrical lighting.

1931: Notre Dame college football coach Knute Rockne, 43, was killed in the crash of a TWA plane in Kansas.

1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, which created the Civilian Conservation Corps.

1943: “Oklahoma!,” the first musical

by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, opened on Broadway.

1968: At the conclusion of a nationally broadcast address about the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson stunned listeners by declaring, “I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president.”

1976: The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Ann Quinlan, a young woman in a persistent vegetative state, could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan, who remained unconscious, died in 1985.)

1995: Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

2004: Four American civilian contractors were killed in Fallujah, Iraq; frenzied crowds dragged the burned, mutilated bodies and strung two of them from a bridge.

2005: Terri Schiavo, 41, died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Florida, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die court fight.

2009: Benjamin Netanyahu became Israel’s new prime minister after the Knesset approved his government.

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WASHINGTON – Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans have many underlying health conditions, including asthma and heart disease, that could make them more vulnerable to complications from the coronavirus, leaving advocates, lawmakers and public health experts worried those communities won’t get equal access to tests and treatment as the outbreak spreads.

“The virus is an equal-opportunity crisis ... but the impact and the burden of it is not going to be shared equally,’’ said Dr. Ashwin Vasan, a public health expert and assistant professor at Columbia University in New York City.

“Like most things in society, it’s going to be regressive. It’s going to be felt disproportionately by the poor, the vulnerable, the marginalized, and obviously that falls down in this country on communities of color.’’

Advocates and civil rights groups are pushing to get local and federal lawmakers to focus attention on communities of color and steer resources to places like reservations and community health centers.

Some are calling for federal offi cials to track the number of people of color who have died from the new coronavirus and to set up a commission to study how coronavirus is spreading in those communities.

There were about 160,000 confi rmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S. by Mon-

NEW YORK – The governor put out an urgent plea for medical volunteers, and a Navy hospital ship pulled into port Monday, as coronavirus deaths in the city mounted and hospitals buckled in what authorities say could be a preview of what other communities across the U.S. could soon face.

“Please come help us in New York now. We need relief,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded as the number of dead in Cuomo New York state climbed past 1,200, with most dying in New York City.

He added: “Whether it’s Detroit, it’s New Orleans, it will work its way across the country.”

A U.S. Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds arrived in port in New York to help relieve the crisis. The USNS Comfort, also sent to New York City after 9/11, will be used to treat non-coronavirus patients while packed hospitals deal with those with COVID-19.

Also, medical professionals who volunteered to help were arriving.

“Anyone who says this situation is a New York City-only situation is in a state of denial,” Cuomo said. “You see this virus move across the state; you see this virus move across the nation.

There is no American who is immune to this virus.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS

USA TODAY

Minorities are statistically more likely to hold many jobs that can’t be handled from home, exposing them further to the coronavirus. JOHN MINCHILLO/AP

day evening and more than 2,900 deaths. Offi cials have so far not released information on race and coronavirus cases.

“You need to do this with intention,” said Vasan, who is also president & CEO of the mental health charity Fountain Housebased in New York City. “You need to map out which communities are already at the margins of care and resources and testing and already have preconditions, disproportionate health conditions, and then say, ‘All right, how do we ensure that we’re going there?’ ” Many people of color don’t have insurance or access to providers and quality care, experts said.

According to the census, 8.5% of whites were uninsured in 2017, compared with 10.6% of blacks, 7.3% of Asians and 16.1% of Hispanics.

Dr. Melissa Clarke, former assistant dean in the Howard University College of Medicine, said the nation’s history of health disparities and the stressors faced by people of color, including racism and poverty, are factors in those communities disproportionately having the “very diseases that COVID-19 presents a problem for.”

Those include high blood pressure; diabetes; heart disease; lung diseases, including asthma and chronic bronchitis; and autoimmune diseases like lupus – all disproportionately found in blacks, Latinos and Native Americans.

Clarke said it’s not that people of color are more vulnerable to getting the virus but that they’re more vulnerable to having more severe manifestations, which can lead to hospitalization and death.

China’s virus center reopens warily

Ariz. offi cer, gunman dead after quarrel

curbs on Wuhan and other areas to revive the world’s second-largest economy after declaring victory over the outbreak.

This city in Hubei province is the last major population center still under travel controls.

Residents were allowed to go to other parts of Hubei but could not leave the province. Restrictions on other Hubei residents were lifted March 23. The fi nal curbs on Wuhan end April 8.

Wuhan became the center of the most intensive anti-disease controls ever imposed after the virus emerged in December. Some researchers suggest it may have jumped to humans from a bat

at one of the city’s wildlife markets.

Late in January, police set up roadblocks at expressway entrances. Only truckers leaving the city to collect food and a handful of other drivers with offi cial passes were allowed through.

Bus and subway service was shut down.

Restaurants, shops, cinemas and other businesses were ordered to close, leaving streets empty and silent in a foreshadowing of controls that would spread to other countries. Families were ordered to stay home.

Restrictions spread to cities near Wuhan and eventually expanded to cover some 800 million people, more than half of China’s population.

On Monday, about 75% of shops in the Chuhe Hanjie mall in the city center were open, but many imposed limits on how many people could enter.

Shopkeepers set up hand sanitizer dispensers and checked customers for signs of fever.

Wuhan suff ered 2,547 coronavirus deaths, accounting for about 80% of China’s total fatality toll, 3,186 as of Sunday, according to the National Health Commission.

The country had more than 82,000 confi rmed cases.

Offi cials are under orders to revive manufacturing, retailing and other industries while also preventing a spike in infections as people return to work.

Meadows set to start job as White House chief of staff

Florida pastor arrested for violating coronavirus rules

4.2 earthquake hits southern Puerto Rico amid virus curfew

Afghan officials say Taliban attacks kill 11 troops, police

WASHINGTON – Rep. Mark Meadows was scheduled to resign his congressional seat eff ective 5 p.m. Monday as he assumes the post of White House chief of staff . He will take over the White House post offi cially Tuesday. Even while he held his House seat these past several weeks, the North Carolina Republican has been the de facto chief of staff . He represented President Donald Trump in Senate negotiations on the $2.2 trillion economic rescue package and has been a regular presence in the White House in recent weeks.

TAMPA, Fla. – Florida offi cials arrested the pastor of a megachurch after detectives say he held two Sunday services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home order in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus. According to jail records, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne turned himself in to authorities Monday afternoon. He was charged with unlawful assembly and violation of a public health emergency order. Bail was set at $500, according to the jail’s website, and he was released after posting bond.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit Puerto Rico at a shallow depth and was felt across the U.S. territory on Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at a depth of about 3 miles near the southwest coastal town of Guanica. No damage was reported. The quake hit during a monthlong curfew meant to curb the new coronavirus, and it came nearly three months after a series of strong quakes near southwest Puerto Rico killed one person and damaged hundreds of homes.

KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban attacks in Afghanistan’s north and south killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers and policemen, the country’s Defense Ministry and a provincial offi cial said Monday.

The violence came even as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last week announced his 21-member team to negotiate peace with the Taliban, only to have his political opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, reject it. Also, a bomb attached to vehicle detonated in Kabul, wounding at least four people, Kabul police chief spokesman Firdaus Faramraz said.

Ng Han Guan and Joe McDonald ASSOCIATED PRESS

WUHAN, China – The city at the center of China’s virus outbreak reopened for business Monday after authorities lifted more of the controls that locked downs tens of millions of people for two months.

“I want to revenge shop,” one excited customer declared as she traversed one of Wuhan’s major shopping streets.

Customers were still scarce, as those who ventured out were greeted by shop employees who wore masks and carried signs that told them to “keep a safe distance.”

Among them was a teacher who was visiting her family when most access to the city of 11 million was suspended Jan. 23 to stem the coronavirus spread.

“I’m so excited, I want to cry,” declared the woman, who gave only her English name, Kat, as she eyed the wares in the Chuhe Hanjie pedestrian mall.

“After two months trapped at home, I want to jump,” she added excitedly.

A teacher in the eastern city of Nanjing, she was among those trapped in Wuhan when the central Chinese manufacturing hub was shut down as the virus spread.

While governments worldwide were tightening travel and other controls, the ruling Communist Party rolled back

Customers were scarce, but most were enthusiastic, as shops reopened Monday at the center of China’s virus outbreak. SHEN BOHAN/XINHUA VIA AP

James Carr, Kaila White and Christopher Roth Arizona Republic USA TODAY NETWORK

PHOENIX – A Phoenix police veteran was killed and two other offi cers injured when a man opened fi re as they checked a report of a disturbance between roommates in northwest Phoenix on Sunday night, authorities said.

Cmdr. Greg Carnicle died after being shot, police said. The other offi cers were expected to recover.

The shooting drew dozens of police vehicles and tactical trucks.

The offi cers were talking to the man when the encounter escalated. He was not cooperating with offi cers, then shot them, Phoenix police spokeswoman Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said.

The suspect, 22, whose identity wasn’t released, remained in the home after the injured offi cers were removed.

He walked out of the home armed and was killed, though authorities didn’t say whether he died from offi cers’ gunfi re.

Carnicle was married and the father of four adult children. He was months away from retiring, police said.

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Arizona nonprofi ts are struggling on two fronts during the COVID-19 crisis: Demand for services is increasing while fundraisers are being canceled and volunteers are protecting themselves at home. Since Sunday, The Arizona Republic has been running a list of nonprofi ts that are providing help and that need help. (Listings may have been edited for space and clarity.) You can search the full list of agencies online at coronavirus.azcentral.com.

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New Horizon Dental Center

newhorizondental.org 605-545-2091

Elderly or home-bound | Struggling families | Veterans

Fully functional dental clinic.

Cash donations for payroll, expenses.

New Life Center

www.newlifectr.org 623-932-4404

Children | Victims of domestic violence and sexual assault

Shelter, case management, safety planning, meals, basic hygiene needs, clothing, lay legal advocacy, emotional support, connection to housing.

Toilet paper, diapers, size 5 and 6, paper plates, plastic utensils, disposable cups, napkins, hand sanitizer and cleaning products.

Northland Family Help Center

www.northlandfamily.org 928-527-1900

Children | Homeless | Victims of crime

Domestic violence and unaccompanied youth shelter in Flagstaff.

Non-latex gloves in medium and large, bleach, non-bleach aerosol disinfectant for furniture and carpet, masks, tissues, dish soap, Lysol wipes, spray cleaners that are 99.9% disinfectants, Febreeze, DVDs appropriate for teens and families.

Northwest Valley Connect

http://northwestvalleyconnect.org 623-282-9300

Elderly or home-bound | Veterans | Those with disabilities

Transport to medical appointments, shopping and social.

Volunteer drivers, donations, fuel.

Oakwood Creative Care

www.oakwoodcreativecare.org 480-464-1061

Elderly or home-bound

Day Clubs for seniors with cognitive and physical chalenges

Donations.

One-n-ten

https://onenten.org 602-400-2601

LGBTQ Youth & Young Adults 11-24 years old.

One-n-ten is a nonprofi t organization dedicated to serving and assisting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning LGBTQ-youth ages 11 to 24. We create a safe space, mentally and physically, for youth of all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

We also offer resources to promote healthy choices and living.

$25 gift cards to grocery and restaurants. $25 Visa gift cards. $25 Target gift cards. $25 Amazon gift cards.

Onward Hope Inc.

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Children | Foster care families

Foster care and adoption licensing/certifi cation, transition supports for youth in and from foster care, ages 14-29 mentoring, case management, peer empowerment.

Non-perishable food, hygiene products, cleaning supplies, laptops, Chrome Books.

Open Hearts Family Wellness

www.openheartsaz.org 602-285-5550

Children | Struggling families | Recently unemployed | Foster care families

Mental health care, counseling, behavior coaching, substance abuse, family support, life skills, connection to resources.

Donations to pay for grocery gift cards, baby diapers, volunteers for virtual reading programs for students at home.

Paradise Valley Emergency Food Bank

www.pvefb.org 602-867-9228

Elderly or home-bound | Children | Struggling families

Emergency food to anyone who lives within the boundaries of the PV Unifi ed School District.

Basic food items, peanut butter, cereal, rice, canned fruit.

Paz de Cristo Community Center

www.pazdecristo.org 480-464-2370

Struggling families | Recently unemployed | Homeless | Veterans

Nightly “Meals to Go” at 5:30 every night; food boxes fi rst and second Tuesday and fourth Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon; AZ ID’s 1 p.m. each Tuesday.

Financial donations at www.pazdecristo.org.

Phoenix Conservatory of Music

pcmrocks.org 602-353-9900

Children

Online music classes, private music lessons, after-school programs, music college prep programs.

Laptops or tablets for students, guitars, keyboards, cash donations.

Phoenix Dream Center

www.phxdreamcenter.org 602-346-8701

Children | Struggling families | Homeless | Foster care families | Veterans

Housing and life recovery for human trafficking, foster care and addiction.

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Ducey indicated he did not consider the mandate a “shelter-in-place” order, however, saying he’d reserve that phrase for nuclear attacks or active shooter situations.

“Our goal here is to protect the lives of those we love most and to ensure the health care system has the capacity to provide them with the care and comfort they deserve,” he said.

“We want people to stay at home.”

Ducey’s order defi nes “essential services” more broadly than similar directives issued in other states, including hair salons, golf courses and pawn shops in addition to staples like grocery stores and pharmacies.

It also says “non-essential businesses may continue to operate those activities that do not require in-person, onsite transactions” and encourages businesses to maintain at least basic operations.

Those who work from home or are self-employed in businesses without face-to-face interaction can keep working, too, according to the order. And people who need to care for family members in other households can do so.

Public transportation may continue operating, but riders can use it only for essential activities and must maintain six feet of distance between themselves and others.

The order permits “walking, hiking, running, biking or golfi ng” as well, if appropriate “physical distancing practices are used.” Ducey said state offi cials “realize that people are going to need an outlet, and there’s a way to do it in a safe way.”

In terms of enforcement, the order does not require people to “provide documentation or proof … to justify their activities.”

It allows offi cials to issue warnings before citing someone, but those who ignore warnings could face a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Ducey’s order came just a week after he said the state was “not there yet” in terms of requiring residents to stay at home.

At the time, he’d said other states had been hit harder and faster, giving Arizona time and valuable information to prepare.

Since then, the number of confi rmed COVID-19 cases in Arizona has topped 1,000, with at least 20 deaths reported.

Public health experts believe the state’s true numbers are much higher, given limited testing.

As the disease spread, Arizonans from doctors to mayors upped the pressure on Ducey to take more drastic containment measures, pointing to the 25plus other U.S. states that already had restricted residents’ movements.

“We don’t need to imagine what the consequences of inaction will be,” Democratic Majority Leader Charlene Fernandez, a state representative from Yuma, wrote in a letter to the governor Thursday. “We can see it in other hardhit communities around the country and the world.”

Christ, the DHS director, said Monday that state health offi cials had examined several data points before recommending Ducey issue the stay-at-home order, “including the number of cases, the spread of the virus through our communities and the impact on our hospitals.”

“Arizona, much like the rest of the nation continues to see an increase in cases and deaths,” she said. “I don’t make this recommendation lightly.”

Still, Ducey took a less dire tone Monday than other governors have when issuing shelter-in-place orders.

He said he still believes Arizona is in “a pretty good position right now,” but “the objective here is to continue to mitigate and to slow the spread.”

The Health System Alliance of Arizona applauded the measure in a statement, saying it would “slow down the spread of COVID-19 and prevent a situation where our health care systems are

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of Health Services said no cases had been reported in Arizona nursing homes as of March 24. But three days later, Maricopa County Department of Public Health said the county had seen a “couple of cases” of COVID-19 in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

County offi cials declined to name the facilities.

L’Ecuyer said families were alerted to the cases at Sapphire through a phone messaging system.

David Voepel, CEO for the Arizona Health Care Association, said COVID-19 is an “unprecedented” challenge for long-term care facilities. This time of year, facilities are typically most worried about infl uenza. But with the threat of COVID-19, he said the association in late February told its almost 200 members to limit visitors. Federal and state offi cials later followed with offi cial mandates that restrict nearly all visitors.

Those restrictions seemed to keep

Services exempted from Ducey’s order According to the governor, essential services include: ❚ Health care and public health operations. ❚ Services for elderly people, those with developmental disabilities, foster and adoption children and individuals experiencing homelessness. ❚ Infrastructure operation, such as food production, utility operators, construction and internet providers. ❚ First responders and other emergency personnel. ❚ Grocery stores and pharmacies. ❚ Veterinary care. ❚ Outdoor recreation. ❚ Charities and social service organizations, including nonprofi ts and food banks. ❚ Media organizations. ❚ Gas stations and other transportationrelated businesses. ❚ Banks and credit unions. ❚ Hardware and supply stores. ❚ “Critical trades,” such as plumbers, electricians, cleaning, sanitation and security. ❚ Shipping and mail services. ❚ Educational institutions. ❚ Laundry services. ❚ Restaurants, for takeout and delivery. ❚ Suppliers for essential businesses. ❚ Distributors that enable telework. ❚ Airlines, taxis and ride-sharing services. ❚ Residential facilities and shelters. ❚ Legal, real estate and accounting services. ❚ Day-care centers for employees of essential businesses. ❚ Manufacturers and distributors of “critical products.” ❚ Hotels. ❚ Funeral services.

overwhelmed with patients.”

The Arizona Medical Association was also complimentary, saying physicians “appreciate the signifi cance of what this decision means for the safety, security, and economic vitality of the state.”

But if the order was meant to be a signifi cant step in the state’s response to the new coronavirus, many offi cials greeted the news with a shrug.

Republican lawmakers said the governor’s measure seemed to make little, if any, diff erence, while Democrats argued it didn’t go far enough.

“Basically, nothing has changed from yesterday except more hysteria,” House Majority Leader Warren Petersen, RMesa, posted on Twitter. Sen. Victoria Steele, D-Tucson, said the order had “no teeth.”

City leaders also criticized Ducey for the section of his order forbidding counties and municipalities from making rules or regulations that confl ict with his decree. Mayors from Phoenix, Flagstaff , Tucson and other cities had previously tried to take matters into their own hands after slamming the governor for not being more aggressive.

During a Phoenix City Council meeting that followed Ducey’s announcement, offi cials voted to close down playgrounds, basketball courts and other recreational facilities, arguing they had the authority to do so because they couldn’t ensure appropriate distancing between users.

“Essential services during #COVID19 are not golf and beauty salons,” Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said on Twitter.

“They are fi rst responders, grocers, pharmacists, and few others.”

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husband and father was. He was a selfl ess man who was always there for a neighbor, a friend, his brothers in blue, but mostly his family,” the statement said. “He dedicated his life to serve, protect, provide for, and love us.

He was truly our hero and always will be. He touched many lives and many hearts have now been broken.”

Officers with Phoenix Police Department ‘stand at the ready’ The death of Carnicle, who dedicated most of his adult life to the Police Department, is a reminder of the ultimate sacrifi ce police offi cers make: Risking their lives to help keep peace in the community.

His death also comes during a time of heightened public anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic. While most of the public stays home, public safety personnel continue to patrol the streets and respond to calls.

“Regardless of the call, regardless of what’s going (with the) health crisis in our society and community, the men and women of the Phoenix Police Department stand at the ready, either in uniform or behind the scenes to go into any kind of situation,” Phoenix Chief Jeri Williams said during a Facebook live from the Police Department’s account.

On Monday, Carnicle was remembered as a “hero” dedicated to his family and his job.

Carnicle, 56, is survived by his wife of 30 years, four adult children — three daughters and a son — and four grandchildren, with two more on the way. He started working at the Phoenix Police Department when he was 25, alongside Williams.

Williams, who served with Carnicle for decades, described him as a “special person.”

Williams recalled they both patrolled the streets of Maryvale, a west Phoenix neighborhood, for a while.

During lunch breaks, they would eat at the fast-food chain Church’s Chicken.

“We defi nitely weren’t the most healthy eaters at the time. We were both known for (eating) Church’s Chicken on 43rd (Avenue) and Thomas (Road),” Williams said.

She also commended Dowhan, 23, and Hubert, 22, who she described as “legacy offi cers” because they have relatives who currently work or have retired from the Police Department.

Dowhan has been with the department for three years and Hubert for nearly two years.

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things in check for a while but “it’s just bound to get into some buildings because it’s so contagious,” Voepel said.

He said he was aware of the cases at Sapphire and has heard anecdotally there may be other nursing homes with cases but didn’t have specifi cs.

“I think we’re at the beginning,” he said.

Nursing homes are supposed to follow strict infection-control procedures, however, in Arizona, about half of the homes had at least one infection violation in recent years, according to an analysis of inspection reports by The Republic.

Sapphire, which is operated by a forprofi t company, was not among the 74 facilities with infection violations in the previous three inspection cycles.

Overall, the facility has a two-star rating on a fi ve-star scale, which is considered “below average,” according to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The rating refl ects health inspections, staffi ng and other quality of care measures.

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the line of duty in the Phoenix Police Department’s history, 19 by gunfi re, according to the Offi cer Down Memorial Page, a nonprofi t organization dedicated honoring law-enforcement offi cers who have died or been killed on the job.

The last Phoenix police offi cer to be shot and killed was David Van Glasser, 34, on March 19, 2016. Van Glasser, who worked for the department for 12 years, had responded to a home burglary on 51st Avenue and Baseline Road.

Heads of law enforcement agencies and other political leaders commended Carnicle, who had been scheduled to retire in October.

For his last year, Carnicle requested to work as one of the on-duty commanders, whose assignment was to be in charge of patrol offi cers across the city during night and weekend shifts, when the most “horrifi c crime” happens in the city, the chief said.

“You are a true leader when you are out there because you are out there making all the decisions from point A to point B,” Williams said. “It speaks volumes to his tenacity, to his work ethic ... that that’s where he wanted to fi nish his career.”

Leuschner, who is also president of the Phoenix Police Sergeants and Lieutenants Association, described Carnicle as a family man with a dry sense of humor.

Leuschner said the shooting of a commander is rare. Still, he said that because an on-duty commander’s job requires them to meet with diff erent lieutenants and sergeants during their shifts, it also means the commanders may respond to calls.

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone, who once worked as a Phoenix police offi cer, expressed his condolences on Twitter on Sunday night.

Penzone and Carnicle both graduated from Cortez High School.

“He is a good man, kind and thoughtful and was proud to serve this community with the @PhoenixPolice,” Penzone tweeted. “This is an absolute loss for our community.”

On Sunday night, Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel spoke at the news conference outside the hospital to express her condolences.

“We are so saddened by this loss.

And please know we are walking alongside you,” she said. “As a community, we need to be there for each other right now more than ever. Please know we are dedicated to public safety and our fi rst responders.”

If people want to donate money to Carnicle’s family, they may do so at www.phxpolicefoundation.org or by sending a check to Phoenix Police Foundation, 620 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85003.

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Business Gannett media chain, owner of Republic, sets furloughs ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gannett, publisher of The Arizona Republic and the country’s largest newspaper company, plans to cut pay and hours of newsroom employees by 25% in April, May and June because of advertising declines.

The coronavirus pandemic has shut down or reduced revenue for businesses that typically advertise in newspapers. The company said that many businesses have paused their scheduled ad campaigns. More people are going to Gannett’s websites for news, and digital subscription numbers are growing, but it’s not enough to make up for the ad crunch at Gannett, where ad revenues were already in steep decline before the pandemic.

“We expect our revenue to decline considerably during this period,” Gannett Media CEO Paul Bascobert said in a memo to employees.

It is requiring unpaid furloughs for newsroom employees for fi ve business days each month. Gannett is not furloughing employees who earn less than $38,000 a year. Bascobert said the executive team’s pay is dropping 25% and that he is not taking a salary until the furloughs and pay cuts end.

Gannett and GateHouse merged last year, becoming the country’s largest newspaper company. It owns USA Today and more than 260 news sites.

Workers demand safety improvements families, and the public’s health,” said Rina Cummings, a worker at the center, in a statement released by Athena, a coalition of groups that represent Amazon workers and others concerned about the company’s infl uence.

“We are walking out to protest the impossible choice of coming to work at a toxic workplace and possibly spreading the virus or going unpaid during an economic crisis,” she said.

Fears of contamination and risk also led to as many as 150,000 workers for grocery delivery service Instacart to execute a nationwide strike on Monday.

Their action got wide support on Twitter from notables such as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez, D-N.Y., and concerned consumers such as Ifeanyi Ezeh, a computing engineer living near Columbia, Maryland.

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Workers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island, New York, walked out during lunch Monday, over concerns about safety at the job site. “How many cases we got? Ten!” went a call-and-response chant outside the fulfi llment center that afternoon, in reference to workers who had tested positive there with COVID-19.

Co-workers there feared for their own health because workers weren’t always physically distanced and the site was not closed to be sanitized. “We are working long, crowded shifts in the epicenter of a global pandemic, and Amazon has failed to provide us with the most basic safeguards to protect us, our

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crisis,” he tweeted with the hashtags #InstacartStrike and #AmazonStrike.

“Thanks to these brave people, many families like mine are able to stay home safe with our families.”

Amazon faces another potential workplace disruption Tuesday as some employees have planned a “sick out” over demands for better conditions including double pay because of the hazards of working during the pandemic.

Workers who would not give their names for fear of possibly being fi red said they worried not only about getting the virus themselves from customers or co-workers as some staff ers at stores had tested positive.

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similar business. Angermeier said some shops have moved to appointment only, while others are quoting 3-week turnarounds for repairs.

Joe Johnson, a manager at Sun Cyclery in Phoenix, described the recent scene as “chaos” and said the shop is having trouble restocking inventory that is being sold.

“The showroom is clearing out,” Johnson said.

Ray Kidd, owner of Paragon Cycle in Mesa, knew something was up once fi tness centers closed.

“There was a lot of calls and a lot of foot traffi c,” Kidd said.

With people looking to get out of the house while self-quarantining, Kidd said his store was packed with people shopping for bikes and looking for repairs.

Moreover, Kidd said he’s seen a lot of repairs in children’s bikes as Arizona schools remain closed.

“There has defi nitely been a pickup in repairs,” said Kidd, who added that sales of new bikes haven’t been as lucrative but that old bikes seem to be coming out of the woodwork. “Kids are kind of forced to stay home and parents want to get them out.”

Paragon is disinfecting each bike that comes through the shop to prevent spreading the COVID-19 virus, a precaution that has slowed workfl ow a bit.

Still, Kidd admits the pace at which the shop has been conducting business has been “kind of crazy, actually.”

Still, while Kidd is thrilled with the increased busi-

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mat, presumably online, so students could fi nish out the school year from home. It also includes provisions to ensure seniors in high school graduate.

Some districts have posted online material, and teachers are reaching out to parents and students with work.

Other measures outlined in the new law: ❚ “Provide fl exibility” to schools in delivering education to special education students. ❚ Allow public schools to continue to pay employees if they agree to work from home or take a reassignment, if necessary. ❚ Allow schools to use funding from this school year for summer school. ❚ Require the state Board of Education to revise graduation requirements for the 2019-2020 school year.

Mike Stransky of Grey Matter Family Bike Shop receives a new shipment of bikes. ROB SCHUMACHER/THE REPUBLIC

ness, he isn’t necessarily thrilled with the situation that has created it.

“I don’t like my sales going up because of a virus,” Kidd said, “but if (cycling) can be good for people’s mental and physical health, then I think it can be a

good thing.”

Things have been so busy, in fact, that Kidd hasn’t even had time to ride his bike recreationally.

“I’m going to have to start riding to and from the shop,” he said.

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Rep. Michelle Udall, R-Mesa, who proposed the bill, said school staff ers might see their jobs change, and they could even be assigned to call students and check in on school work.

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Opinions ‘Mild’ case of COVID-19 is no joke Mike Davis Asbury Park Press USA TODAY NETWORK – N.J.

“It won’t really aff ect me.”

I just turned 31 years old on Saturday and, like a lot of other young people, my age was my mantra when it came to COVID-19. I was unlikely to catch the coronavirus and, even if I did, I would simply rest for a day or two and be back on my feet.

When you keep hearing that 80% of cases are mild, it’s easy to shrug the whole thing off – even as you fi nd yourself glued to a couch, too tired to pick yourself up.

After putting up with this illness for the better part of a week, I’m here to tell you: This is not a joke. Even the “mild” cases of this disease are serious.

This is the kind of illness that knocks you down, runs you over, sits on your chest and never, ever lets up. That’s how it felt to me, and I’m lucky enough to not have asthma or one of the many other conditions that can lead to further coronavirus complications.

It started with a little fever on March 19 – somewhere in the 99-degree

range throughout most of the day, but it wasn’t enough for me to really feel it.

Over the next few days, my fever began spiking at 101 and 102 degrees regularly, leaving me to swallow Tylenol for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the hopes of bringing the fever down.

The biggest domino fell three days after I started feeling sick, when my dad tested positive. He’s an emergency room doctor who had spent the better part of the past few weeks on the front lines fi ghting this thing.

Holing up during a global pandemic with “Dr. Dad” (and “Dr. Mom,” a pediatrician in private practice) comes with the benefi t of medical advice just a few feet away at any time. But it does have a downside: Emergency room doctors can’t work from home.

And considering they’re on the front lines, it’s almost a given that they’ll catch it and pass it onto anyone else they’re quarantined with.

My eventual run-in with the new coronavirus was inevitable – and this is when it truly began knocking me down for the count.

On March 23, I drove myself to an urgent care in Marlboro, New Jersey, to get tested. A team of three employees took my temperature and administered the

test – a cotton swab pushed just past the point of “comfortable” in the back of my nose. I had a 104 degree fever and uncontrollable shakes and shivers.

“You already know you’re positive,” I was told, after explaining my dad’s positive test.

Within an hour, I was completely sprawled out wearing (this is not a joke) a hoodie, sweater, robe, fuzzy socks and a beanie to try to keep warm until the next dose of Tylenol kicked in.

And that’s basically how things stayed for the rest of the week. I would wake up every day feeling like I had been hit by a bus, leaving behind this complete and total fatigue in every bone and muscle in my body.

You know that feeling when you fi rst wake up and you have to push yourself to kick the covers off ?

Imagine that, but if it lasted all day.

Doing simple tasks such as taking a shower or walking up a fl ight of stairs requires a recovery period, like after a workout. Getting up from the couch, pouring a glass of water and returning to the couch becomes a Tolkien-esque quest.

Another simple task rendered impossible? Eating. My appetite was gone.

From Monday through Thursday, I only

consumed two apples, a ham sandwich and what seemed like a few gallons of water to quench my never ending thirst.

The fact that just about every type of human activity left me utterly exhausted meant that I spent the week, more often than not, sitting on a couch or recliner for hours at a time.

Now, I’ll be honest: Before this happened to me, the idea of being forced to kick my feet up and watch television made self-quarantine seem pretty appealing. Sometimes after a busy week, that’s all I want to do.

But this? This is too much of a good thing.

Coronavirus is not an excuse for a staycation. It is a serious disease that can take out the young and relatively healthy, let alone senior citizens and those with compromised immune systems. I implore you: Stay home. Practice social distancing. The various mandates and guidelines passed in the wake of the pandemic were put in place to protect us.

As I said before: My run-in with coronavirus was inevitable. Yours doesn’t have to be.

Mike Davis is a reporter at the Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press, where this column fi rst appeared.

Make your own life-or-death decisions now Your Turn Terry Greene Sterling Guest columnist

The boy in the bed next to mine died.

My mother cried. I was 3, too young to understand. It was 1952. I lay in a criblike bed with slatted sides in the children’s ward of a Phoenix hospital fi ghting pneumonia, a complication of what was then called “Infl uenza A.” That complication from the fl u likely kickstarted what would become an incurable lung disorder and a stubborn lung disease that I was diagnosed with in 2017.

With good luck, discipline and collaborative, talented doctors, I’ve managed to keep the condition stable.

For now.

But if I get COVID-19, there’s a 3% to 11% chance I will die.

I’m 71. But unlike Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, I sure as hell don’t want to take the virus for the team.

This said, I don’t want to die alone in an ICU hooked up to a ventilator, either.

And if there’s no chance for me to

live, I don’t want an exhausted doctor to decide whether to put me on a ventilator, or pull me off one.

I want to decide.

Which explains why I recently did something I had been putting off for years. I sat at my kitchen table and fi lled out a detailed advance directive.

Years before, I’d gone to a lawyer and gotten notarized medical/health-care powers of attorney so that family members could follow my wishes.

But those wishes, which I’d blurt out from time to time, were too vague. I’d say things like: “When the time comes, just let me go.”

The advance directive form, which I’d gotten from my doctor, is detailed and leaves nothing to chance. Just answering questions about ventilators, feeding tubes, dialysis and cremation, surprisingly, dredged up unexpected emotions.

I found myself thinking less about me and more about preparing my kids and grandkids for what death might look like.

“Don’t freak out,” I wrote. “It’s normal. Everyone does it.”

My advance directive will save both

my family and my doctors from making emotional, stressful last-minute decisions that aren’t really theirs to make.

Still, only about one-third of Americans have advance directives.

Each state has its own laws governing end-of-life wishes. In Arizona, for instance, it’s pretty easy to fi ll out an advance directive.

The Arizona Attorney General’s offi ce off ers an online “Life Care Planning Packet” with forms and tips to guide you through the process.

But beware: This process requires rigorous honesty. You’ll have to ask yourself and discuss with others: ❚ Who you want making your healthcare decisions once you can’t. ❚ What you deem a good “quality of life.” ❚ When you want or don’t want life support. ❚ How you feel about “comfort care” (often pain meds). ❚ What you want done with your body after you die.

Once you get your documents fi lled out and properly witnessed and signed, you can upload them to the Arizona Advance Directive Registry at the Arizona

Secretary of State website. Or you can mail them to the agency to be added to the registry.

The advance directive registry really matters. People amid a crisis sometimes can’t fi nd their documents, or are too incapacitated to explain where they are.

In such times, health-care providers can access them on the registry.

Advance directives go right along with sheltering at home and handwashing — not only for people like me, but for young and middle-aged people who can be sucker-punched by COVID-19.

A young hospice chaplain recently got the conversation rolling “for youngadult and middle-age groups” in a Facebook post.

“I hope none of us will fi nd ourselves hospitalized,” he wrote, “but it is wise to be prepared, and on the upside, you’ll have your stuff a little more in order anyways, which is a good thing.”

So true.

Journalist and author Terry Greene Sterling is writer-in-residence at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU. Reach her on Twitter @tgsterling or at https://terrygreenesterling.com.

Look to history for hope in coronavirus pandemic Your Turn David Rothkopf Guest columnist

Optimism is realism. That may be a hard concept to embrace in the middle of a rapidly worsening global pandemic and a crushing economic crisis. But history shows it is the right one. In fact, without that point of view, there very likely would not be any history at all.

There is a story I have told before – in a book, a book talk and, as my daughters will attest, far too often over the dinner table – of an exchange I had with my dad when I was a teenager. I had just watched a documentary on what might come in the aftermath of a nuclear war, and it was very dark. One hundred million casualties in the United States alone. And, as the narrator put it, the end of life as we know it.

Gloomily, I went looking for my dad, and when I found him, he saw I was upset. He asked what was wrong, and I described the documentary to him. He was a scientist and a bit of a professional contrarian who took perhaps too much joy in challenging not just conventional wisdom but almost any idea until he was sure it held water. “One hundred

million people could die!” I said with all the frustration teenagers typically have for obtuse parents. And his response was, “Well, during the Black Death, a third of Europe’s population died, and the result was the Renaissance.”

There is no minimizing the horrors of the Black Death. To begin with, by some estimates, half of Europe’s population was killed between 1347 and 1351. China also suff ered a devastating fate. Some cities lost as much as 80% of their inhabitants. But for those who lived through it, survival demanded innovation and adaptation.

After the Black Plague, a new emphasis was placed on understanding human anatomy, and medical science began a centuries-long climb to eff ectiveness and respectability.

Taking a very cold-eyed view of the economics, the plague also made labor scarcer and gave workers much more leverage. The feudal system sustained a devastating blow that led ultimately to its decline and eventual disappearance, as landlords had to negotiate with workers and raise their wages. People moved to fi nd better living conditions. The seeds of the middle class were planted.

The potato blight that struck Ireland

and parts of Europe in the 1840s, and may have resulted in a million deaths from starvation, drove the immigration that fueled American growth, accelerated the industrial revolution and, in turn, helped lead to the rethinking of the roles of workers, aristocrats, capital and labor. Indeed, immigrants forced from their homes by war, disaster, political turmoil and persecution have turned optimism in the face of crisis into benefi ts for all of us.

World War I helped accelerate change in how societies perceived the role of women and led to the fi rst modern stirrings of a desire to fi nd ways to preserve the peace between nations without resorting to war. It also led to medical innovations like donating and stockpiling blood. The Spanish fl u that followed the end of the war, and may have caused 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide, also resulted in a renewed appreciation for public health eff orts – know-how and lessons which we are unevenly applying today.

We have seen similar consequences in our own recent past, whether it was developing ways to reduce the risks of terrorist attacks in the sky after 9/11 or laws to make markets safer and more

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transparent in the wake of the crash of 2008.

We can’t know how long the current crisis will last. But we can draw some comfort from the lessons of the past – because as dark as events have gotten, similar crises have resulted in lessons and creativity that have fueled human progress.

We can already see innovation in the use of social media and e-commerce to maintain society even as many are forced into isolation. Talk to your friends about how they and their children are using Zoom to connect. Artists are fi nding creative ways to reach audiences as theaters are closed. New ideas continue to be born.

Politicians being who and what they are, it is less certain that government will learn the lessons of the failures that made this crisis so much worse than it had to be. But because of the obvious high cost of ignoring past lessons regarding planning and preparation for epidemics like this one, we can only hope it is less likely we repeat these devastating mistakes in the future.

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Opinions OPINIONS.AZCENTRAL.COM Mother Nature is calling and she has powerful message for us In our current situation here is the perfect analogy: This is Mother Nature saying to all of us, “You all go to your room and think about what you’ve been doing to me, all the other species and each other!

Remember who is in charge here.”

Donna Patterson, Scottsdale

Man has fought many bouts with disease; this one’s just beginning The human race has been at war with microscopic pathogens since the dawn of time. The Ten Plagues of Egypt of the Old Testament, The Black Death of the 14th century, malaria, TB, cholera, polio, syphilis, measles and AIDS are just a few examples.

George Washington fought a war and an epidemic of smallpox. John Adams dealt with a plague of yellow fever. FDR had polio. Ronald Reagan faced the HIV/ AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. Donald Trump confronts the coronavirus.

There are two characteristics of our tiny enemies that are crucial to understanding. They are transmissability and lethality. To put it simply, it means how eff ective is the organism in moving from one person to another and how many does it kill. The 1918 fl u moved rapidly from one person to another and killed 100 million people. The common cold moves easily but isn’t lethal. Ebola was lethal but not a pandemic.

The 2019 novel coronavirus is nasty.

It has moved rapidly around the world and has the capacity to cause signifi cant numbers of deaths. We need the best and brightest of science from around the world to fi nd a treatment and a vaccine. This war is in its earliest stages.

Leonard Kirschner, Litchfi eld Park The letter writer is a medical doctor, former AHCCCS director from 1987-1993, past president of AARP Arizona and a retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force.

Don’t just steal from tomorrow’s kids; give to today’s animals I’d like to answer letter writer Mary Sutton’s question: “I am wondering if all of the #NeverTrump people will be willing to refuse the checks they get from

the stimulus money.”

I work for a large company that gave every employee $1,000 after the Trump tax plan went into aff ect. I took the money and donated it to a pet shelter. I’m planning on doing the same thing this time around.

Personally, I didn’t want anything to do with the money we had stolen from our kids’ generation.

Any more questions?

Eliot Gross, Chandler

Golfers who tee off in my neck of the woods are playing with fi re I live on a golf course, and I have a hedge and a wall between the course and I, so I’m beyond six feet away from the golfers.

But why in the world are people golfing? They mostly come in groups of four and two, occasional groups of women, but most are groups of men, and I really

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lock-down shelter-in-place order, but people golfi ng, ignoring social distancing and acting as if their lack of social distancing does not aff ect the general Arizona public makes me doubt both their judgment and their sense of moral obligation to our community.

Mary Rothschild, Phoenix

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doubt that any of these groups are living in the same household.

None, and I mean none, of these golfers are practicing social distancing.

They are two to a tiny golf cart and are often high fi ving and otherwise slapping each other on the back and touching all parts of the golf carts, regardless of who has coughed or sneezed (and I realize it’s allergy season).

The notion that golf courses are “essential businesses” necessary for the common good is irrational and aff ects all of our health. I couldn’t understand why Gov. Doug Ducey had not ordered a

Help those who need a bailout most; contribute your check To the letter writer who advised those opposing the president to refuse their bailout check: When I get my bailout check in the mail, it is going straight to a charity. My opinion of the president is irrelevant.

Congress passed the bailout overwhelmingly.

I suggest that everyone not in need of a bailout do the same. Help those who need it the most.

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