As millions of Americans stay home in response to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump on Thursday provided the first glimpse of what things will look like as they gradually transition back to normal.
The president has presented governors with a set of guidelines, dubbed “Opening Up America Again,” that provides a blueprint for resuming ordinary activities incrementally, depending on how hard states and regions have been hit.
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“Governors will be empowered to tailor an approach that meets the diverse circumstances of their own states. Every state is very different," President Trump said Thursday during the Coronavirus Task Force briefing.
As the Associated Press reports, the guidelines aim to lift restrictions in areas with lower transmission rates, while keeping them in place longer in the places feeling the brunt of the outbreak.
Each phase includes benchmarks of sustaining a decrease in cases over a 14-day period and a “back to normal” for hospitals.
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“It appears that the President has taken a middle ground and a very thoughtful ground. Some were concerned: Was he going to extend the guidelines? Others were concerned: Was he going to order the reopening of the economy?” said News4Jax political analyst Rick Mullaney. “It’s going to take some time, but I do think the [resident was trying to nudge the economy towards reopening, and he’s placing it squarely with the governors in terms of that timing for that reopening.”
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