‘Learn to live with it’: White House prepares to tell nation COVID-19 will become part of life as Trump criticizes more blockades amid increased cases
- Administration officials are trying to intensify their messages about the pandemic in the coming week, senior administration officials shared.
- The White House plans to offer that the virus will not disappear any time soon and will continue to pass the November elections.
- The president’s top advisers will advocate for ways forward, despite the virus
- Officials plan to boost therapeutic drugs, while emphasizing that there is a low risk of dying from the virus.
- Another official has indicated that coronavirus working group meetings and public meetings will be more frequent.
- The United States set another record on Friday with 52,300 recently reported cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University count.
The White House reportedly will tell Americans to learn to live with the coronavirus, shifting its focus from the past few months when they expressed that the virus would eventually disappear.
Administration officials are trying to intensify their messages about the pandemic in the coming week, senior administration officials told NBC News.
The White House plans to offer that the virus will not disappear any time soon and will continue to pass the November elections.
The White House reportedly plans to offer that the virus will not disappear soon and will continue to pass the November elections.
The president’s top advisers will advocate for ways forward, despite the virus
The president’s top advisers will advocate for ways forward, despite the virus. Officials plan to boost therapeutic drugs, while emphasizing that the risk of dying from the virus is low, officials said.
President Donald Trump initially claimed the virus was not a threat before claiming that the country would reopen in time for Easter Sunday, while Vice President Mike Pence later boasted that the virus would be “ behind us ” for Memorial Day.
Jared Kushner stated that the country would be “really rocking again” in July, as the Americans were “on the other side of the medical side of this.”
While Trump and the White House had a more intense federal response in March, the following month, he demanded that several governors reopen their states in order to save their declining economy.
The White House is now changing its tone.
“The virus is with us, but we have to live with it,” this is how the administration will move forward in addressing the pandemic, authorities said.
Administration officials plan to promote a new study showing promising results in therapeutics, the officials shared. The lack of details surrounding the study was due to the fact that the disclosure of the information would be “moving to the market,” the officials added.
They also plan to emphasize survival rates for Americans within a certain age group, if they have no underlying conditions.
The president’s top advisers will advocate for ways to move forward, despite the virus. Officials plan to boost therapeutic drugs, while emphasizing that the risk of dying from the virus is low, officials said.
Dr. Deborah Birx is expected to brief Trump on her assessment of the new hotspots and how they are affecting minority communities. The doctor was in Florida, Arizona and Texas this week.
Another official said that coronavirus working group meetings and public briefings will be more frequent.
Three White House officials shared that in recent days, Trump has personally requested the task force to resume briefings. He has chosen not to participate in them, they added.
Confirmed infections per day in the US have soared to a record high, more than double.
The United States set another record on Friday with 52,300 recently reported cases, according to the count maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
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