New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy: “I think the flattening of the curve, the social distancing, telling everybody just stay home gives us a real shot to keep the numbers down, to keep the pressure lesser than it otherwise would be on our health care system.”
In an interview with ABC"This Week" Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz, Murphy urged people to take the crisis seriously in order to decrease the pressure on the"My view is we die trying," Murphy said,"I think the flattening of the curve, the social distancing, telling everybody ‘just stay home' gives us a real shot to keep the numbers down to keep the pressure lesser than otherwise would be on our health care system.
"We are in desperate for more PPE," Murphy said."We've had a big ask into the strategic stockpile on the White House -- they've given us a fraction of our ask."Murphy also warned that the spread of the virus would put a staggering economic cost not only on his state, but also on those in the surrounding region.
Left: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces the state's first two cases of coronavirus, at the Michigan State Police headquarters in Windsor Township, Mich. March 10, 2020. Right: Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey announces the closure of all school during a news conference in Trenton, N.J. on March 16, 2020.
A day after holding a conference call with the nation's governors, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to lash out at Whitmer, referring to her as a"Failing Michigan Governor." Whitmer responded with a list of actions she pursued in response to the crisis facing her state.
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