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Experts: Uneven Stay-at-Home Orders Could Mean Wider Pandemic

Steve Baragona

   Everyone in the United States should be under orders to stay home in
   order to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, National
   Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases chief [1]Anthony Fauci
   told CNN on Thursday.

   With nearly 300,000 infections and close to 7,000 deaths, the U.S.
   COVID-19 toll is the largest in the world.

   But 12 states have not issued these orders, and President Donald Trump
   has resisted issuing a nationwide directive.

   "If you look at what's going on in this country, I just don't
   understand why we're not doing that," Fauci said.

   While Alabama, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming and South
   Carolina have no statewide orders, cities and counties within those
   states have issued them. Five states -- Arkansas, North Dakota, South
   Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa -- have no orders at the state or local
   levels.

   Estimates that tens or even hundreds of thousands of Americans will die
   are based on governments implementing, and citizens following, social
   distancing policies. The longer those measures are delayed, the higher
   the estimates get.

   People traveling from areas that do not have restrictions can seed new
   outbreaks in areas that do.

References

   1. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/politics/fauci-stay-home-coronavirus-states-cnntv/index.html

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