President Trump says he wants the country to 'open back up' by the April 12 Easter holiday; public health experts and local and state leaders have cautioned against easing restrictions too early.
, saying it could put an enormous strain on hospitals and lead to even more deaths and economic damage. But Trump said Tuesday that he believed the human toll would be greater should Americans continue to stay at home.
A White House official said the president does not view Easter as a date that he can begin to open things up, but a date by which the economy is speeding again. That means the loosening of restrictions would, under this scenario, start much sooner. The official says the focus now remains on how to get there, in phases, to address the challenges demographically and geographically.
"We lose thousands and thousands of people a year to the flu, we don't turn the country off every year," he said.
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