Posted on 03/29/2020 4:33:01 PM PDT by Kaslin
At a coronavirus task force briefing on Sunday, President Trump announced the social distancing guidelines aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus will be extended to April 30th.
"We will be extending our guidelines to April 30th to slow the spread," Trump said Sunday in the Rose Garden.
The extension was announced after the president said the peak death rate in the United States for the coronavirus is expected to hit in two weeks, according to models of the virus.
"Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won," Trump said. "That would be the greatest loss of all. Therefore, the next two weeks and during this period, it's very important that everyone strongly follow the guidelines."
President Trump encouraged Americans to "strongly follow the guidelines" on social distancing, adding, "The better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end."
Trump had previously stated a goal of opening the country up by Easter, April 12th. When asked about the Easter timeline by a reporter on Sunday, Trump said the goal was "just an aspiration," but one that had to be extended based on the incoming data.
The president said the administration's latest plans a summary of the taskforce's findings will be announced on Tuesday.
“We will be extending our guidelines to April 30 to slow the spread. On Tuesday, we will be finalizing these plans and providing a summary of our findings."
"We can expect that by June 1 we will be well on our way to recovery." pic.twitter.com/5wJgD6v90w— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 29, 2020
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I think your post sums up the situation quite aptly. Hats off.
“I might be done.”
Sad.
You must be very angry with POTUS.
“We’ll be looking at 30% unemployment by May.”
At least.
It would take a decade to recover from the damage already done.
Truth...we’re just in the beginnings of this.....spreads fast and it will continue for some time. Numbers going up across the nation, none going down..... Nobody expected there’s enough time to know if social distancing is changing the numbers to take full affect. The conditions aren’t there yet.
-Dr. Thomas Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University-
Just ‘One Week’ ago:
25,289 cases
307 deaths
As of Saturday:
121,478 cases
2,026 deaths
As long as numbers continue to go up we need to “HOLD STEADY THE LINE!”
“It’s a communist power grab.”
POTUS must be in on it, right?
Or, is he just a dupe?
Nobody is “hiding” in there homes.....we’re trying to ‘HOLD
THE LINE” by staying in the protection of our homes by not getting it nor giving it! Shessh!
Nobody is “hiding” in there homes.....we’re trying to ‘HOLD
THE LINE” by staying in the protection of our homes by not getting it nor giving it! Shessh!
“Fools. Our leaders are fools.”
You must be very angry with POTUS.
This is the model Birx, Fauci & Trump we’re talking about today:
https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections
It's not the contractors--it's the 50-odd clients behind each of them. And it's not the National Guard soldiers you watch--it's their families. And if LEOs and their wives get a feeling that it's time to slow-walk enforcement, they will. If the ordinary people sense that they no longer know anyone who's sick, and that it's time to get back to work, the people, cops and politicians from local on up just start moving in all directions and no one can chase them all.
I can not believe the comments from many on this thread. You Trump haters are an embarrassment to this great site. What you obviously fail to see in your make-believe world, is that Trump can’t make everything “normal” with a stroke of a pen. If he were to go against the advice of his medical experts now he would lose support of the vast majority of the GOP in both chambers, governors across rhe country, and MOST IMPORTANTLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HIS “ORDER” WOULD BE IGNORED NOBODY would go along and have blood on their hands. What do you want him to do? Call up the Arny to drag people out of their homes and force them to go to work while the death rates are sky-rocketing? What is wrong with you? Have you lost all critical thinking skills? Are you imbeciles trying to get him impeached? Quit the bed wetting and have a little faith!
I agree with you. This comments are disgusting
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With Trump extending this another month, a lot of small businesses will be going under.
Thus far, yes. He's going to sign the bailout.
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