Governors Form Joint Reopening Task Force as Curve Flattens Further
Source: NBC News
Governors Form Joint Reopening Task Force as Curve Flattens Further
To date, more than 271,000 have been infected and more than 13,000 people have died in NY, NJ and CT; still, there are signs the curve is flattening
Published April 13, 2020 Updated 35 mins ago
What to Know
-- The six governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware formed a joint reopening strategy council
-- Signs show the curve of infections is flattening; Gov. Andrew Cuomo warns the death toll is "stabilizing at an horrific rate"
-- Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio doubled down on keeping New York City schools closed, offering differing opinions on strategy
Banded together by an unprecedented pandemic, six northeast governors are coordinating efforts to safely and strategically reopen the region, though what that looks like -- and how long it will take -- is still anyone's guess.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo welcomed the partnership of the governors of New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware to announce a joint regional task force to develop a plan to reopen the economy. Each state, Gov. Cuomo says, will assign to the task force a public health official, an economic development official, and each governor's chief of staff.
Governor Cuomo says an economic restart must be approached as a regional issue "any plan to reopen society must be driven by data and experts, not opinion and politics." Creating such a development plan in unison, however, may not produce identical actions plans for each state.
"I dont believe we wind up with a fully common strategy. You have different states in different positions," Cuomo said.
Eager to reopen the country by May 1, NBC News reports, President Donald Trump asserted Monday that the power to ease social distancing guidelines falls under his authority.
Trump tweeted some 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...it is the decision of the President, and for many good reasons.
In response to Trump's assertion, Cuomo said, "I would say lets see what the federal government's plan is. Governor Wolf's plan is right - [Trump] left it to the states to close down."
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bucolic_frolic
(43,176 posts)and it encourages Wave 2. Things should pick up at their own pace, when people are safe.
DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)Let 'er rip.
A truly Dangerous Experiment in light of what precious little we know about the Covid19......
Trump would certainly declare it a victory for himself, his Party, and Corporations, until it came back with a vengeance, but that would probably happen after the election, so what do the Republicons and Trump care......
MacKasey
(987 posts)Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
stillcool
(32,626 posts)but not Maine or New Hampshire
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Updated 6:27 pm CDT, Monday, April 13, 2020
Governors in the Northeast and along the West Coast on Monday announced separate state compacts to coordinate one of their biggest challenges in the weeks to come: How to begin reopening society amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The governors, all but one of them Democrats, made separate announcements just hours after President Donald Trump said on Twitter that it was his decision to decide when to open up the states."
They did not announce specific plans on how to scale back stay-at-home orders or reopen businesses. Instead, both groups said they would coordinate those decisions while first considering the health of residents. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said it could take time.
The house is still on fire," he said during a conference call with reporters. We still have to put the fire out, but we do have to begin putting in the pieces of the puzzle that we know were going to need ... to make sure this doesnt reignite.
More:
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Democratic-governors-form-compacts-to-coordinate-15197627.php