As more U.S. specifies concern stay-at-home orders and the federal government recommends a 30- day period of social distancing, Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday suggested the requirement for a national lockdown, while acknowledging he does not have the authority to order one.
Almost 40 U.S. states now have some type of a stay-at-home executive order, mandating the closure of nonessential services and motivating citizens to remain inside unless definitely necessary. They can differ extremely from state to state, like excusing certain companies and gatherings or making the orders just for specific counties rather than statewide, and they have varying degrees of enforceability.
NBC “Today” program host Savannah Guthrie asked Fauci in a Thursday interview if a nationwide lockdown would be more effective “than this hodgepodge, piecemeal method.” Fauci, the nation’s top contagious diseases main and a significant component in the U.S. coronavirus reaction, agreed.
But he noted that states still have significant freedom “to make their own choice” in this circumstance and questioned some of the stay-at-home exemptions they’re allowing.
” I can’t make any official pronouncements here, however I can state: Truly seriously think about, are those exemptions appropriate when you think about what’s going on?” Fauci said. “And I urge individuals of the leadership at the state level to actually take a close look at those type of decisions.”
” Should not there be a national order, a national lockdown (rather than what we have now)?” – @savannahguthrie
” In our nation, there still is that problem of main government vs. the ability and the right of a state to make their own decision.