‘Way too early’: Health officials warn about perils of restarting economy

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Rattled health officials are trying to fight off ascendant voices around Donald Trump pressing the president to restart the economy as soon as Monday to stem severe business and job losses

The internal debate is uniting strange bedfellows from the economic world, with National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, trade adviser Peter Navarro, the Wall Street Journal editorial board and the former chief executive of Goldman Sachs Lloyd Blankfein all calling for a quick return to the workplace. Powerful Trump advisers have joined the chorus, including Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, a conservative government accountability group, and Laura Ingraham, a Fox News host.

Any lifting of restrictions would happen gradually, people familiar with the discussions said, given the uncertainty about how case counts nationwide could grow over the next several weeks and widespread concerns about hospital capacity. “Even if they've been exposed to someone with coronavirus, as long as they don't have symptoms, [these employees] would be able to return to work immediately, wear a mask for two weeks, but otherwise return to the important roles that they play in all our communities,” Pence told reporters during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

That’s made it difficult for officials to know how much of an impact the last couple weeks of nationwide social distancing have had on the virus’ spread. That blunt approach has sparked speculation that Fauci could fall out of favor or be sidelined by the president, especially after giving a series ofBut Fauci’s job is not seen as in immediate danger, given his role as one of the few widely trusted officials leading the coronavirus response.

 

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625,000 new construction jobs have been created since President Trump took office.

He didn’t shut it down, how can he re-open it?

The idiots in the WH can’t do exponential math. We now have 43,000 cases. In 8 days we’ll have...150,000 cases if the shutdowns have started to work, 300,000+ cases if not. There is no universe in which ending the shutdowns is going to look like a good idea in 8 days.

It is a pandemic/health problem, not and economic one. When you have a health emergency, you don't run to your broker or Wall street.

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