“He’s very important to me and I will be listening to him … I will be listening to other experts,” Trump tells jonkarl when asked if he would take Dr. Fauci’s recommendation on length of social distancing guidance. 'Ultimately, it's a balancing act.'
Here is how developments unfolded on Monday.
President Donald Trump addresses the coronavirus response daily briefing flanked by Attorney General William Barr and Ambassador Debbie Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, along with other members of the administration's coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, March 23, 2020.President Donald Trump opened the daily White House Monday briefing expanding on reports that he was considering loosening coronavirus guidelines amid growing economic fallout.
"So, let's shut down the entire world and when we shut it down, that'd be wonderful, and let's keep it shut for a couple of years. We can't do that," Trump sai "I got a call a little while ago. I guess they're getting closer. Should go quickly. And must go quickly. It's not really a choice. Don't have a choice. They have to make a deal."
"I'm pleased to report that clinical trials in New York will begin existing -- for existing drugs that may prove effective against the virus. At my direction, the federal government is working to help obtain large quantities of chloroquine," Trump said.The government is also monitoring other drugs as possible treatments, Trump said, but he said chloroquine"would be a gift from God" if that worked.
"Our country's learned a lot. We've learned about social distancing. We've learned about the hands. We've learned about staying away, at least during the time that this is even a little bit around. This disease or -- or whatever you want to call it. Many different names. You can call it many different names. But the virus, while it's around."
Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin also took a moment to urge senators to support remote voting, saying,"We know better."While negotiations continue on the Senate bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled her own economic stimulus proposal, the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, Monday afternoon on Capitol Hill.
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