Do you feel it is safe to start opening the country or do you think we need to wait a little longer?

I think the experts at the CDC created this plan, and they all signed it. Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx, and one other whose name escapes me.

State by state, governors need to look at the numbers of new cases. If there is ANY period of 14 days with no new cases or almost no new cases, then the state qualifies for very limited expansion...for 14 days. After 14 days...the state governor then re-examines the number of new cases. If there are new cases, the gateway is closed again.

I think that sounds very safe, and reasonable...and as long as we restrict travel in the states that are starting through these gateways...(no travelers from highly infected states)...I think we will be fine.

Not when they are finding dozens of people dead in nursing homes and keep revising the death toll. I think we don’t know everything yet. To many things are slipping out now. I’m not ready to get back to any kind of normal if it means I’m taking a chance on dying but we can’t do this much longer economically and I don’t want to live in a tent.

In the grip of a pandemic [b]you[/b] Don't get to make those kinds of decisions.

Because there's a very real risk that what you [b]think[/b] you've just [b]survived[/b] can come back at you 10x worse if this particular version of it is able to evolve.

I know it's tiresome and expensive and annoying but America of [b]all[/b] places knows what happens when pockets of disease are 'fed' by folk not keeping away and then taking it elsewhere.

Just look back at your early settlers history.

We need to wait.
Words from my niece in New York watching people die every single day.
This isn't about politics it's about saving lives!

"I wish u would listen when I tell all of you in order to stay safe u have to stay home, I wish u could see the horrible nightmare that is in store for you if you obtain or are subjected to Covid-19. I wish for all of your sakes you never have to endure what these people are fighting. This isn't even close to just saying it is a virus, I wish they would come up with a disease or word that actually is as frightening as this is. I know it's hard to change, to stay away, but u are either the solution....or the executioner."

[quote]Do you feel it is safe to start opening the country[/quote]

Yes.
It's planned step by step - coordinated by governors closer to their own situation.

Seems to me Trump is handling this perfectly -
and ironically, hands off!

Keep the elderly and immune deficient and sick locked down for another 30 days or until it is safe for them ..... let the country open to the rest

Smart to start opening

But intelligence is not the issue, if the people want a state open ... that state must be opened

We do not substitute scientists, wise people or rules for the will of the people ... under any circumstances

I can't imagine why anyone would want to reopen when we really haven't figured out the virus yet. New data from Korea seems to indicate people are 'catching' this a second time.

It is a really odd one for usa. You have not had a full lockdown like in the uk. You could simplify it and say it is about whether we take care of our elderly or making money.... and I do wonder if this was an illness that affected our children the same ways as our senior citizens would we not work harder to protect life.

But, I do also see the problems that usa have in lack of the social support that means many people will hit poverty, the implications of this will be much harder to recover from than losing a few hundred thousand of the weaker elements of our community. (And before anyone attacks me for this I am just presenting the argument it is not my sentiment).

Personally I believe we don't know how this will pan out. We already know this virus has the ability to mutate and there are currently 3 strands. If we continue to let it spread who knows how many more strands we will.end up and how much more deadly it will become. A vaccine is not yet available and it will be some months before it will be.

I have no issue with being at home, what is a few months of my life to keep our elderly and vulnerable safe.

i think it's a matter of geography

South Dakota didn't lock down and is doing fine - but they are spread out.

there are plenty of places that don't have a big population and that don't have a lot of coming and going - they should be opened.

Michigan is revolting (not disgusting - they are in revolt) and want to be turned loose - let them go and study the hell out of them

New York City could be opened for essential workers and make masks free for those that want to use them

Wait a lil longer. It takes just one infected person to create this shit again 😖

We nee to wait a LOT LONGER. The politicians and business leaders need to get out of this discussion and let the medical professions -who are trained at assessing risk say say when it is safe. The problem is untrained voices are speaking from the pocketbook and not caring about the cost of innocent lives involved. thus showing they believe human ;lives to be expendable at the sake of profit.

I think it's way too early. People are still dying and if we open up there will be much more. We need to wait at least another month.

it was kinda proven in California, if you think you're overreacting, then you're just about on track. I think it should probably stay in place for a week or two more, then move into a slow startup. some way to maintain distances with businesses opening up gradually. we really need a ton of very quick test kits.

No! Our governor doesn't want us running around wild then have the virus slap us in the face again with even more deaths because we couldnt handle being stuck home. Better than being dead. We're brave, we can handle it a month or more longer. We can do it!

If we keep the vulnerable isolated I think we could open up.

Well they obviously can't wait for there to be zero new cases because that simply isn't going to happen. If there is consistent decline I'm thinking states have to start trying.

Definitely not safe yet, but it looks like it might not be a lot longer, maybe 3 or 4 more weeks

Wait longer. Here in red states Republican governors aren't testing so death rates are certainly higher than the official statistics indicate. They're the same ones who want things opened soon if not immediately.

"The curve is flattening we can start lifting restrictions now" is the same as "The parachute has slowed our rate of descent, we can take it off now"! 🤷‍♀️

We know it will be safe when the ultra rich return from their seclusion on their yachts, self contained estates and converted missile silos. They've gone into hiding indefinitely.

Isn't America still getting 2000 dead a day 🤔

Those that can open should

Without enough testing, it seems unlikely no matter how much slippery Baby-trump huffs and puffs about how in (and out and back in) control he claims to be. He should get off his fat ass and stop promoting his popularity and demonstrate some of that negotiation skill he claims to have mastered over the years of being a little Daddy's "girl" by expecting his father to bail him out each time he screwed up. Well, this time his Daddy (born in New Jersey, then Germany, than back in New Jersey) can't save him from the bone spurs now growing inside of his head. He should negotiate with companies to increase the volume of testing kits that he has falsely claimed would "soon" be available, but has yet to deliver on.

Vote this guy out of office so he can tend to his corruptions. It's what he is really interested in doing, after all.

There’s no one size fits all answer to this. There are some industries in some areas where they can achieve social distancing while getting some work done and others where it’s next to impossible. I also think there needs to be a focus on the food supply chain and keeping that moving as safely as possible, because if the food supply gets seriously disrupted, that will open a whole new layer of issues.. If there were widespread testing available, it might be a different discussion, but that ball was fumbled months ago and continues to be fumbled.

Needs to be opened. Carefully.

I believe in civil liberties. We can't live our lives wrapped up in a bubble from supposed or real threats. Death and illness is an every day part of life, sadly. We can't lock down people and society every time a new threat comes along. (There will be more). People have the basic right to work and support their families, etc..

A few places did not adopt the group think lock down and they don't appear to be any worse off.

No. It is better to stop for a while and make sure this virus completely out for long time.

Prevention is better than cure.

Not without more (much more) and faster testing, plus a good supply of masks and gloves.

I think you guys are making a mistake...

I don't think you should. I don't think we should either, especially Lombardy and Piedmont.

Thank you for best answer! 🤗💛

If Americans do what your dumbfuck president wants then millions more will die but hey go out and risk your lives for him but please dont end up in mass graves like those people did in new york