WaPo : Trump administration pushing to reopen much of the U.S. next month

[Celerity]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trump-reopen-us-economy/2020/04/09/10d42b4a-7a7b-11ea-9bee-c5bf9d2e3288_story.html

The Trump administration is pushing to reopen much of the country next month, raising concerns among health experts and economists of a possible covid-19 resurgence if Americans return to their normal lives before the virus is truly stamped out. Behind closed doors, President Trump — concerned with the sagging economy — has sought a strategy for resuming business activity by May 1, according to people familiar with the discussions.

In phone calls with outside advisers, Trump has even floated trying to reopen much of the country before the end of this month, when the current federal recommendations to avoid social gatherings and work from home expire, the people said. Trump regularly looks at unemployment and stock market numbers, complaining that they are hurting his presidency and reelection prospects, the people said. Like others, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to reveal internal discussions.

Trump said at his daily briefing Thursday that the United States was at the “top of the hill” and added, “Hopefully, we’re going to be opening up — you could call it opening — very, very, very, very soon, I hope.” Multiple Cabinet secretaries in recent days have publicly expressed hope that the various government orders directing residents to stay at home and forcing nonessential businesses to close could at least be partially eased next month.

Asked Thursday during an appearance on CNBC whether he thought it was possible that the country could be open for business next month, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, said, “I do.” A day earlier, Attorney General William P. Barr had called some of the stay-at-home orders and other restrictions “draconian” and suggested that they needed to be reevaluated next month. “When this period of time, at the end of April, expires, I think we have to allow people to adapt more than we have, and not just tell people to go home and hide under their bed, but allow them to use other ways — social distancing and other means — to protect themselves,” Barr said on Fox News.

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[Beartracks]

1. "Trump administration pushing to re-infect much of the U.S. next month"

There, I fixed it.

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[tblue37]

12. +1. nt

[Wounded Bear]

2. Right now, I think my state (WA) is set for May 7...

to start easing sanctions. Not an immediate let's go full bore, but possibly some easing.

Unlike Presidump Trump, Gov Inslee knows what he's doing and knows enough to trust real experts.

[John Fante]

3. I'm pushing to not give a shit when Trump wants to reopen.

I'm sure governor Newsom and Mayor Garcetti feel the same way.

In reality, it's the virus that will decide when we reopen. Certainly not the cancer in the WH.

[Dan]

4. Truer words have never been said!

[gratuitous]

7. Yep, there are no shortcuts

Needy Amin's impatience with anything not connected to him is going to get a lot of people killed.

[Takket]

5. i don't understand what "reopen" means in this context........

as i keep pointing out............ drumpf did not shut anything down, except for some of the international flight restrictions....

what is he going to "reopen"?

he can't just say "everyone go back to work now". The governors shut the states down. and does anyone actually think employers want to go back to business now just to see their workforces get ravaged with the virus? Not to mention their customer bases! Employers don't want people packing their conference rooms and call centers right now and more than employees want to be in them.

no one is buying his shit

[BeyondGeography]

6. Of course, this is total and absolute insanity

From the article:

Health experts say that ending the shutdown prematurely would be disastrous because the restrictions have barely had time to work, and because U.S. leaders have not built up the capacity for alternatives to stay-at-home orders — such as the mass testing, large-scale contact tracing and targeted quarantines that have been used in other countries to suppress the virus.

Even one of the most optimistic models, which has been used by the White House and governors, predicts a death toll of 60,400, but only if current drastic restrictions are kept in place until the end of May.

[Takket]

8. reminder that the feds just CUT support for testing sites...

meaning even MORE people are going to be spreading the virus untested.

we are not even REMOTELY prepared for even a phased reopening because drumpf is doing nothing to prepare for it

[uponit7771]

9. This will test the independence of Fauci and Brix, they say Red Don is a go then we're screwed as

... a nation.

[SoonerPride]

10. He won't wait until the end of the month

He won’t wait
He’s bored
He misses his hate rallies
He misses golf

He’s never “worked” this much in his life and it is killing him (oh how I wish that were not a metaphor)

I predict he won’t even wait until April 30th.

[dweller]

11. very very very very soon i hope

verily verily you'll be gone i hope

fuk fatnixon and the pachedrym he rode in on


✌🏼

[Blasphemer]

13. Interesting to see how U.S. companies respond. My bet is they won't risk the liabiity... nt

[MFM008]

14. He wants

Those rallies so bad its killing him.

[Celerity]

15. all the better to keep the lockdown on!

[Quixote1818]

16. If we open too soon then all this was for nothing

As Fauci has said over and over, we have to get the numbers way, way, way down then get the testing and tracing going. If we open too soon then numbers rocket backup and we have to fucking start completely over or just give up and let it ravage the country.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Trump also has shit for brains