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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAs deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it's safe to inch back to normal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-deaths-mount-trump-tries-to-convince-americans-its-safe-to-inch-back-to-normal/2020/05/09/bf024fe6-9149-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html
By Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Yasmeen Abutaleb
May 9, 2020 at 5:38 p.m. EDT
In a week when the novel coronavirus ravaged new communities across the country and the number of dead soared past 78,000, President Trump and his advisers shifted from hour-by-hour crisis management to what they characterize as a long-term strategy aimed at reviving the decimated economy and preparing for additional outbreaks this fall.
But in doing so, the administration is effectively bowing to and asking Americans to accept a devastating proposition: that a steady, daily accumulation of lonely deaths is the grim cost of reopening the nation.
Inside the West Wing, some officials talk about the federal governments mitigation mission as largely accomplished because they believe the nations hospitals are now equipped to meet anticipated demand even as health officials warn the number of coronavirus cases could increase considerably in May and June as more states and localities loosen restrictions, and some mitigation efforts are still recommended as states begin to reopen.
The administration is struggling to expand the scale of testing to what experts say is necessary to reopen businesses safely, and officials have not announced any national plan for contact tracing. Trump and some of his advisers are prioritizing the psychology of the pandemic as much as, if not more than, plans to combat the virus, some aides and outside advisers said striving to instill confidence that people can comfortably return to daily life despite the rising death toll.
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By Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Yasmeen Abutaleb
May 9, 2020 at 5:38 p.m. EDT
In a week when the novel coronavirus ravaged new communities across the country and the number of dead soared past 78,000, President Trump and his advisers shifted from hour-by-hour crisis management to what they characterize as a long-term strategy aimed at reviving the decimated economy and preparing for additional outbreaks this fall.
But in doing so, the administration is effectively bowing to and asking Americans to accept a devastating proposition: that a steady, daily accumulation of lonely deaths is the grim cost of reopening the nation.
Inside the West Wing, some officials talk about the federal governments mitigation mission as largely accomplished because they believe the nations hospitals are now equipped to meet anticipated demand even as health officials warn the number of coronavirus cases could increase considerably in May and June as more states and localities loosen restrictions, and some mitigation efforts are still recommended as states begin to reopen.
The administration is struggling to expand the scale of testing to what experts say is necessary to reopen businesses safely, and officials have not announced any national plan for contact tracing. Trump and some of his advisers are prioritizing the psychology of the pandemic as much as, if not more than, plans to combat the virus, some aides and outside advisers said striving to instill confidence that people can comfortably return to daily life despite the rising death toll.
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As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it's safe to inch back to normal (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
May 2020
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)1. He's insane.🙄
Me.
(35,454 posts)2. So I Guess If We Can Get A Mani/Pedi
we won't noticed if our families, friends and neighbors have died.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)4. either that or we'll look good in the box
for the few that will be allowed to see us.
Karadeniz
(22,283 posts)3. Imagine suppressing the CDC guide...criminal!
Blue Owl
(49,937 posts)5. Typical Pusher/Abuser behavior
Fuckstick von Golfcart is so transparent:
"Go ahead... Take it... What do you have to lose..."
"C'mon... Everything's fine... Shhhhh..."
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)6. He can fuck right the fuck off!