Posted on 04/14/2020 1:24:05 PM PDT by Hojczyk
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s May 1 target for restarting the economy is “overly optimistic,” his top infectious disease adviser said on Tuesday, after a battle erupted between Trump and state governors over who has the power to lift restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic.
Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said public health officials must be able to test for the virus quickly, isolate new cases and track down new infections before social-distancing restrictions can be eased.
Trump’s administration has recommended stay-at-home guidelines through the end of April, and Trump has floated May 1 as a possible date to start reopening some areas.
That date may be “a bit overly optimistic,” Fauci, who has become a trusted national figure during the pandemic, said in an interview with the Associated Press.
Trump, a Republican running for re-election on Nov. 3, lashed out at Democratic state governors, suggesting they were “mutineers” after New York’s Andrew Cuomo said he would refuse any order by the president to reopen the economy too soon.
“If he ordered me to reopen in a way that would endanger the public health of the people of my state, I wouldn’t do it,” Cuomo told CNN early in the day, referring to Trump.
At a news conference later, Cuomo added, “We don’t have a king in this country, we have a Constitution and we elect the president.”
The coronavirus restrictions have crippled the U.S. economy – with businesses forced to close and million of Americans becoming unemployed – a development that could hurt Trump’s re-election prospects.
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#OUAN Open up America Now!!
What year?
I loved it, earlier today, when OANN did an entire segment replaying all of Dr Napoleon di Fakey’s “It’s okay to go about biz as usual, this virus is no threat to the US, etc” montage videos, from January/Feb.
Glorious.
That should make today’s presser a hoot!
Bet he becomes a CNN contributor
Go to h%^@## Falsi.
Then the riots will begin on the second.
Go away, Falsey.
Fauci is one opinion. One.
Fauci is one opinion. One.
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I agree. And one with NOT THE BEST TRACK RECORD!
How about we let the ppl decide? If a business wants to re-open then, and they feel the customer base supports it, then it’s their prerogative. That doesn’t mean no more masks and things go back to the way they were in February. It means using common sense hygiene. But our economy really can’t wait much longer, FFS.
Yes. Free the citizens of NYC to move around their city and the country as they please. No more state imposed quarantine restrictions for travelers.
Well, he could be right for some areas plus he has said some areas are more of a risk than others and that’s correct.
“Dr. Fauci Optimistic the U.S. Could Begin Reopening in May”
https://www.newsy.com/stories/dr-fauci-optimistic-the-u-s-could-begin-reopening-in-may/
That’s why Fauscista is not President.
Exactly, new Yorkers to freely travel. And masks are tyranny. Open up the clubs and sporting 6
I can’t find a site that provides more than this short excerpt. Context and Grammar matter!
It is clear that the States do not have the power under the Constitution to refuse orders by the President of the United States.
If he was in government during World War II he would have said that 1950 was too optimistic for defeating Hitler.
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