Dr. Fauci said that keeping the country closed for too long could cause “irreparable damage,” but he warned that states should ease off of social distancing restrictions slowly and take “very significant precautions” while doing so by theothersarahh
on Friday that keeping the country closed for too long could cause “irreparable damage,” but he warned that states should ease off of social distancing restrictions slowly and take “very significant precautions” while doing so.
AFP via Getty Images“I don’t want people to think that any of us feel that staying locked down for a prolonged period of time is the way to go,” said the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He added that since cases are no longer exploding in many areas of the country, it is time to “seriously look” at reopening the economy. He cautioned, however, that states should not rush reopening: “Please proceed with caution,” he said.if states ignore federal reopening guidelines and said that even in the “best of circumstances,” new cases will accompany relaxed restrictions. ” if states remain closed for too long as he advocated for bringing people back to work safely.it is “conceivable” that a vaccine for the coronavirus could be available in the United States by December, after promising results from a Moderna trial, though he again tempered his remarks with a warning that his timeline was “never a promise” because the vaccine development process is unpredictable.
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