The president appears eager to end stringent “social distancing” guidelines for the coronavirus pandemic
on whether the White House’s 15-day effort would be extendedEarlier in the day, Surgeon General Jerome Adams made a string of appearances on morning news shows, repeatedly cautioning that the coming days would prove among the most difficult in Americans’ fight against the public health crisis.
“As the nation’s doctor, I’m here to help America understand how we need to respond to this,” Adams said on Monday, when pressed on Trump’s weekend tweet previewing an impending “decision” on the administration’s guidelines. “We went out with a very blunt force. I mean, we have to all be honest, we had to do that because we weren‘t sure where the virus was and where it is going,” Birx acknowledged, explaining that the next seven days would allow the administration to capture important data about the outbreak and its response. “I think over this week, we‘re concentrated on figuring out exactly where the virus is and making projections about where it‘s going and the impact of our mitigation pieces.
Asked whether any doctors had backed his plan to ease social-distancing restrictions, Trump appeared to contend that it was imprudent to leave decisions that could have an economic impact solely up to scientists. He also dodged questions about whether he would listen to his health experts‘ advice. “We have a lot of people that are very good at this, and ultimately it‘s a balancing act,” he said. “But the expression we can do two things at one time and we‘ve got an incredible country and that we have to keep it that way, and that includes not just economics, that also includes life and death. We have to keep it that way.”
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