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  • Tue. Nov 5th, 2024

Trump to refocus coronavirus task force on economic revival, yields dangers

Trump to refocus coronavirus task force on economic revival, yields dangers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday his coronavirus job force would move its primary focus to reviving U.S. service and social life, while acknowledging that resuming the economy could put more lives at threat.

In a series of tweets, Trump said the White House task force he formed in March would not unwind, as he recommended on Tuesday, however would rather include some consultants and center its attention on “SECURITY & OPENING UP OUR NATION AGAIN.”

Trump altered his mind after the response to his Tuesday statement demonstrated how popular the job force was, he stated.

Asked later on if Americans will need to accept that reopening will lead to more deaths, Trump told reporters: “You have to be warriors. We can’t keep our nation shut down for many years and we need to do something. Ideally that won’t hold true, but it might effectively be the case.”

Guvs have actually faced mounting pressure to relieve stay-at-home orders and obligatory service closures that have damaged the economy, throwing millions of Americans out of work, even as those steps succeeded in battling the virus.

Public health professionals warn of a new surge in cases if reopenings occur without greatly expanded diagnostic screening and a system to trace who has actually been in contact with freshly infected patients so they are also separated and tested.

Mentioning relocations by about 30 specifies to relax restrictions this month, University of Washington scientists on Monday revised their model to project almost 135,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths by early August, almost double their previous forecast.

The United States is currently more than midway there, with a minimum of 71,000 lives lost to COVID-19, the breathing illness triggered by the infection, out of 1.2 million-

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