The comments follow new projections showing an increase in U.S. deaths as states rush to reopen.
, President Trump said in regard to reopening parts of the country,"I'm not saying anything is perfect, and yes, will some people be affected, yes, will some people be affected badly—yes, but we have to get our country open and we have to get it open soon."... [+]Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease official in the country and part of Trump's task force, said on CNN
,"How many deaths and how much suffering are you willing to accept to get back to what you want to be some form of normality sooner rather than later?"with ABC's David Muir, when asked about the quote and if lives would be lost in order to reopen, Trump reemphasized his previous comment, saying"It's possible there will be some because you won't be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is.
An internal Trump administration forecast reportedly predicts daily deaths by June will double, according to the, and the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation model, used by the White House, also revised its prediction to nearly 135,000 deaths by the start of August due to the easing of social distancing measures.
"First of all, these models have been so wrong from day one," Trump said during his ABC interview, further falsely claiming the models didn't account for mitigation. Trump's tone is markedly different than governors like New York's Andrew Cuomo, who said Tuesday,"Our reopening plan doesn't have a tradeoff," and California's Gavin Newsom, who also said Tuesday"This cannot be a choice between public health and reopening the economy … we're not going back to normal.
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