Trump adviser outlines cautious approach for reopening economy

Source: Politico | March 29, 2020 | Rachel Roubein

The country doesn’t yet appear to meet the proposed criteria for reopening schools and businesses laid out in the paper co-written by Scott Gottlieb.

A new report co-authored by President Donald Trump’s former FDA commissioner suggests the country wouldn’t broadly reopen anytime soon, as the Trump administration weighs whether to ease nationwide measures aimed at slowing the coronavirus.

The country doesn’t yet appear to meet the proposed criteria for reopening schools and businesses laid out in the paper co-written by Scott Gottlieb, who has continued to advise the Trump administration. The paper said strict social distancing measures can be eased back in parts of the country where there’s been a sustained decline of cases for 14 days, all residents with virus symptoms can be tested, and hospitals have the capacity to treat all patients.

Even then, some physical distancing and limitations on gatherings would still exist, and extra precautions would be taken for older Americans and those at high-risk, the paper said. And all physical distancing restrictions shouldn’t be lifted until there are established treatments or a vaccine, which health experts say the latter is at least a year away in a best-case scenario.

The White House is expected to issue new guidelines early this week on how it plans to reopen parts of the country, as the 15-day window on its social distancing measures comes to an end. The administration has teased a system based on the level of risk in each county, though public health experts say that would require a significant boost in testing capacity.

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