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COVID: Trump Says Reopening US is His Decision

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday he would soon decide
   whether to reopen the United States to commerce as health experts
   voiced optimism that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic in the
   country may soon be over.

   In the U.S., 42 of the 50 state governors have imposed stay-at-home
   edicts as the virus swept through the country. Trump recommended
   physical distancing between Americans through the end of April but is
   considering whether to reopen the country fully or partly on May 1.

   While news stories in the U.S. have suggested it would be up to the
   governors to decide when to lift their own orders for their states,
   Trump said on Twitter, "Let it be fully understood that this is
   incorrect."

     For the purpose of creating conflict and confusion, some in the Fake
     News Media are saying that it is the Governors decision to open up
     the states, not that of the President of the United States & the
     Federal Government. Let it be fully understood that this is
     incorrect....
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]April 13, 2020

   Trump said, "It is the decision of the President, and for many good
   reasons. With that being said, the Administration and I are working
   closely with the Governors, and this will continue. A decision by me,
   in conjunction with the Governors and input from others, will be made
   shortly!"

     ....It is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons.
     With that being said, the Administration and I are working closely
     with the Governors, and this will continue. A decision by me, in
     conjunction with the Governors and input from others, will be made
     shortly!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [2]April 13, 2020

   Top U.S. health experts voiced cautious optimism that the ravaging
   coronavirus outbreak in the country is slowing.

   "In the midst of tragedy, there IS hope," Surgeon General Jerome Adams
   said on Twitter.

   He said the western states of California and Washington "remain stable"
   in the number of new cases. Adams said New York and New Jersey in the
   eastern U.S. and the cities of Detroit in the Midwest and New Orleans
   in the South "appear to be leveling off."

   "Social distancing and mitigation IS working. There is a light at the
   end of this dark tunnel," Adams said, as he urged Americans to continue
   to keep themselves away from others by at least two meters.

   Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control
   and Prevention, told NBC's "Today" show, "We are nearing the peak right
   now. Sometime, hopefully this week. You know when you're at the peak
   when the next day is actually less than the day before. We are
   stabilizing across the country right now in terms of the state of this
   outbreak."
   

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