President Trump said today during a Fox News Town Hall that he believes shutting down the economy would kill more people than the coronavirus—saying, “This cure is worse than the problem'
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with Anchor Bill Hemmer, in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in the United States, with New York's case count doubling every three days according to governor Andrew Cuomo.
“Many people — in my opinion, more people — are going to die if we allow this to continue. We have to go back to work,” Trump said. Our people want to go back to work.” Trump also predicted “suicides by the thousands” if we continue social distancing. “We can social distance ourselves and go to work.”that anywhere between 200,000 to 1.7 million Americans will die from the coronavirus without serious social distancing.in all caps: “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.
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