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Trump eyeing the expiration of the 15-day "Stop the Spread" CDC guidelines as a possible pivot point
Last edited Mon Mar 23, 2020, 12:22 PM - Edit history (1)
Geoff Bennett ✔@GeoffRBennett
Multiple administration sources have expressed concerns that the tight coronavirus restrictions are tanking the economy and are anxious to get the country back to business. These officials worry they went too far in allowing public health experts to set policy.-w/ @PeterAlexander
They are eyeing the expiration of the 15-day “Stop the Spread” CDC guidelines as a possible pivot point – eager to restart the economy. Pence signaled as much yesterday, saying the CDC will issue new guidance today allowing some essential personnel to return to work sooner.
An administration official tells me Trump was cautioned early on against setting expectations that after two weeks, the country would return to normal. Based on some of his tweets and public comments, he appears to be dismissing that. - w/ @PeterAlexander
11:10 AM - Mar 23, 2020
Multiple administration sources have expressed concerns that the tight coronavirus restrictions are tanking the economy and are anxious to get the country back to business. These officials worry they went too far in allowing public health experts to set policy.-w/ @PeterAlexander
They are eyeing the expiration of the 15-day “Stop the Spread” CDC guidelines as a possible pivot point – eager to restart the economy. Pence signaled as much yesterday, saying the CDC will issue new guidance today allowing some essential personnel to return to work sooner.
An administration official tells me Trump was cautioned early on against setting expectations that after two weeks, the country would return to normal. Based on some of his tweets and public comments, he appears to be dismissing that. - w/ @PeterAlexander
11:10 AM - Mar 23, 2020
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GODDAMN IT! This will PROLONG the agony!!!
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/tensions-brewing-inside-white-house-over-economic-consequences-coronavirus-response-n1166671
Tensions brewing inside the White House over economic consequences of coronavirus response
March 23, 2020, 11:59 AM EDT
By Peter Alexander and Shannon Pettypiece
<snip>
Public health officials have pushed the White House to urge Americans to stay at home in an effort to blunt the spread of the virus and "flatten the curve" of the number of new cases. Officials in Italy were slow to isolate affected regions and limit movement, leading to one of the world's worst outbreak so far.
There is hope that the expiration next Monday of the administration’s "15 Days to Slow the Spread" guidelines, which urge people to stay at home if they are older, feeling sick or who have been in contact with someone infected, could serve as a light at the end of the tunnel and possible pivot point to restart the economy.
Trump’s frustrations spilled into public overnight, tweeting, in all caps that “WE CANNOT LET THE CURSE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF. AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO.”
He later retweeted a series of supporters Monday, who appeared concerned about his re-election prospects given the potential long-term impact of this crisis: "After 15 days are over the world can begin to heal," one retweet read.
Public health officials have pushed the White House to urge Americans to stay at home in an effort to blunt the spread of the virus.
</snip>
Tensions brewing inside the White House over economic consequences of coronavirus response
March 23, 2020, 11:59 AM EDT
By Peter Alexander and Shannon Pettypiece
<snip>
Public health officials have pushed the White House to urge Americans to stay at home in an effort to blunt the spread of the virus and "flatten the curve" of the number of new cases. Officials in Italy were slow to isolate affected regions and limit movement, leading to one of the world's worst outbreak so far.
There is hope that the expiration next Monday of the administration’s "15 Days to Slow the Spread" guidelines, which urge people to stay at home if they are older, feeling sick or who have been in contact with someone infected, could serve as a light at the end of the tunnel and possible pivot point to restart the economy.
Trump’s frustrations spilled into public overnight, tweeting, in all caps that “WE CANNOT LET THE CURSE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF. AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO.”
He later retweeted a series of supporters Monday, who appeared concerned about his re-election prospects given the potential long-term impact of this crisis: "After 15 days are over the world can begin to heal," one retweet read.
Public health officials have pushed the White House to urge Americans to stay at home in an effort to blunt the spread of the virus.
</snip>
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...despite becoming significant hot zones, like FL and LA. I've read that the Marti Gras was likely a super spreader event. And they never closed the beaches in FL. Take a look at the map on FL's official website:
Florida's COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard
Sadly, this is going to run through the red states like a buzzsaw. 
way decent at one time? You got me.
