The President said 'It was just an aspiration' in response to questions on opening the country up by Easter
has extended social distancing guidelines to April 30 to “slow the spread” of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The modeling estimates that the peak in death rate is likely to hit in two weeks. I will say it again. The peak, the highest point of death rates, remember this, is likely to hit in two weeks,” he said during Sunday’s press briefing.The president had previously by Easter. However, he told reporters on Sunday, “it was just an aspiration,” adding that he hopes the country will “be well on our way to recovery” by June 1.‘s Yamiche Alcindor asked Trump about his recent comment regarding filling federal orders for medical equipment. “Be nice.
“What we don’t have right now that we really do need is we need to know what’s going on in those areas of the country where there isn’t an obvious outbreak,” Fauci told reporters last Tuesday. RELATED: A Restless President Trump Hopes the Country Can Go Back to Normal by Easter — as Health Experts Urge CautionIn Trump’s appearance on both the network’s coronavirus virtual town hall and elsewhere last week, he openly waffled between what he felt was best for the economy — parts of which have ground to a halt, stranding more than a million workers and undercutting an argument Trump sees as key to his re-election — and what was best for the health of the nation.
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