Posted on 04/12/2020 1:06:52 PM PDT by NobleFree
White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday expressed “cautious optimism” that the deadly coronavirus outbreak is slowing down in the United States, and said that parts of the country may start to reopen as soon as May.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, warned on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the entire country won’t suddenly turn back on like a “light switch.”
But there are “indications” that some of the metrics used to gauge the crisis “are starting to level off” in some areas, he said.
Asked when parts of the U.S. could start to relax some of their strict social-distancing measures, Fauci said that the process could probably begin “at least in some ways, maybe next month.”
Fauci’s hopeful remarks came less than a day after the U.S. counted more than 20,000 deaths from the disease, surpassing Italy as the nation with the highest number of recorded deaths in the world. More than 530,000 people in the U.S. have tested positive for COVID-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
New York’s metropolitan area, the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S., posted its highest single-day death tolls this past week. But even as the death count climbs higher, other metrics such as hospitalizations, intensive-care check-ins and intubations started to flatten and seem to be “starting to turn the corner,” Fauci said.
Health experts like Fauci note that the number of deaths from the coronavirus will tend to lag behind the number of infections and hospitalizations, meaning that evidence of progress can be found even when the virus is at its peak of lethality.
“Once you turn that corner, hopefully we’ll see a very sharp decline,” Fauci said.
In other states with less severe outbreaks than New York, Fauci said that at the end of the month “we can look around and say, ‘OK, is there any element here that we can safely and cautiously start pulling back on?’ If so, do it. If not, then just continue to hunker down.”
Fauci appeared on CNN on Easter Sunday, when President Donald Trump previously said he hoped the country would be reopened to allow for people to gather in “packed churches” for the Christian holiday. After those remarks, however, the White House extended its social distancing guidelines through the end of April.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services projected that lifting states’ extreme containment measures – such as ordering residents to stay home and closing schools and nonessential businesses – after just 30 days would lead to an infection spike this summer, The New York Times reported.
Grandma Ivey doesn’t seem like she is all there.
Looks like that Governor will be Greg Abbott.
The 20,000 figure is such utter bullshit. Influenza deaths are at a 10-year low...wonder how many thousands of “plain old flu” deaths are being falsely attributed to Corona.
I disagree. This country should be open NOW and there should have NEVER been a lockdown.
Furthermore Fauci is fraud. Trump should fire him immediately.
Probably the MOST important 16 minute video you will watch this year. IT’S THE IMMUNE SYSTEM!!
PLEASE SHARE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjjybyJ59Lw&fbclid=IwAR1fW_6NDzP9tO1VohDGZqDP5E5AZidPO3TO4UiZqjlrg764KmgtMrGu_h4
Trump is surrounded by sharks.......
I pray a lot that Trump does not get painted into a corner by these people who are allegedly advising him.
Trump didn't (and couldn't) shut down the country. It was the tin-pot dictators in the governors' mansions.
STATES shut states down. The President did what he had to do.It is an almost impossible task and balance. Congress did nothing but bash the President no matter what he did and will try to impeach him again while spending Trillions that most will never see.
Hydroxychloroquine + azithromax/doxycycline + zinc.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3834428/posts?page=1#1
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3834433/posts?page=1#1
Will we be able to celebrate a “delayed” Pascha on it’s Leavetaking, Wednesday, May 27? Lord have Mercy!!!!
And will we have available anti-coronavirus antibody tests soon? Lord have Mercy!!!!
MAYBE... ??? next month?? Sorry, at some point the constitution has to kick in.
It’s not illegal to have unprotected anal sex. And that is risky, maybe more risky that showing up at Trader Joe’s to buy some apples.
I have had a total gut full of Dr Sawedoff and his Walleye toothed girl friend! Open up now or I fear it will get opened in spite of what they say
Pray for Maryland.
Hogan loves his new jackboots.
It should be open by next Monday, for pete sakes.
‘Trump told him its going to happen May 1.’
Trump cannot order states to back off on the sanctions; nor should he be able to do so...
‘Trump was an absolute genius to leave the shut downs up to the individual States.’
Trump can only shutter or reopen Federal operations...
The ‘experts’ are saying it shouldn’t be opened! Trump is going to have ignore the experts at last if he ever intends to open up the nation. Instead of 200,000 dead we have 20,000 dead from the virus, enough is enough!
Agreed!
Sounds like he choked on that. Trump likely told him to get his mind right if he likes his government job.
I believe under a declared national emergency his powers are greatly expanded.
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