CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “We have had flus before. We have had viruses before. So this is something new. And this is why I say we have to – I gave it two weeks. And I guess, by Monday or Tuesday, it’s about two weeks. And we will assess at that time, and we will give it some more time, if we need a little more time. But we have to open this country up…
I understand things very quickly. I mean, I understood exactly what they were saying. But we can socially distance ourselves and go to work. And you will have to work a little bit harder. And you can clean your hands five times more than you used to.”
-Donald Trump as quoted by Fox News, “EXCLUSIVE: Trump, Coronavirus task force participate in Fox News town hall,” YouTube.com, Mar. 24, 2020