There are is a major fallacy here. There is no plan by Chris Christie or otherwise to bring the economy back without addressing our public health crisis. 9/
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The reason is he can’t. Without a credible plan to address the public health crisis, tell me how consumers start buying cars, small businesses sign leases & employers start hiring? They don’t say. They just complain about the “other” position.10/
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This may build into a big food fight to preoccupy & entertain us with something besides dealing with the actual virus. But I don’t need to be invited to debate opportunities on the topic.11/
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There is, however, a plan to slowly steadily bring the economy back, but by solving the public health crisis. It was put forward by...the Trump White House all of 3 weeks ago. It had gates & stages & hinged conditions on the ground. But none of them have been met. 12/
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Rather than wait, Trump grew impatient. He wants life to go back to the way it was before the pandemic. He wants the economy growing. I don’t know how to explain it to him but let me try.13/
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All this takes work. He says he disbanded the Task Force midstream because at some point we have to go back to normal. Before the job is done. 15/
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Trump acts like keeping Americans safe is a bridge too far. 16/
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This is not easy. But it’s not impossible either. Other countries are managing keep people safe & open their economies. (If you think this is because of country size or testing see the 2 tweets that follow)17/https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1257477774220066827 …
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Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸 💉Verified account @ASlavittCOVID-19 seems to be a uniquely tough American foe. The rest of the world is figuring it out. The Czech Republic did it with masks. China with isolation. Germany with testing. Hong Kong with experience. New Zealand with alerts. Greece with discipline. 27/ pic.twitter.com/QIt6H8QT9GShow this thread35 replies 1,152 retweets 4,250 likesShow this thread -
Let’s take a look. *Hong Kong— oh, but they’re an island. Yes. So is Manhattan. Contagion on a dense island can be a disaster. *New Zealand— oh, but they’re remote. Well they had a color coded warning system like we announced. But they stuck with it.18/
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Hong Kong is not an island; most of the population lives on the peninsular side.
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We do have the Bronx, technically.
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And it shares a border with China.
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