America Tiptoes Toward Reopening, Weighing Money Against Health
- Trump and governors race to revive commerce despite risk
- ‘Don’t go back into a burning building,’ an expert warns
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President Donald Trump’s push to reopen state economies would have Americans self-policing their behavior even as projections suggested that shopping, eating out and getting post-quarantine haircuts could lead to many more deaths.
Two recent estimates, one by Trump, have predicted that the toll from the outbreak will reach or surpass 100,000 deaths. Despite the grim forecasts, states continued to move toward resuming commerce, impelled by the president as well as business people and citizens weary of lockdowns without an end game.