Donald Trump opposes 'blanket shutdown' amid COVID-19 crisis, proposes scientific approach

While death toll due to coronavirus outbreak in US has surpassed 152,000 and total infections are nearing five million, US President Donald Trump has said that “blanket shutdown” is “t a viable long-term strategy” to contain COVID-19 pandemic. As contagion is tightening its grip in country, Trump has opposed shutting down of ecomy to achieve a “temporary reduction” in COVID-19 cases because according to him that has alrey been done in beginning. 

At press briefing on July 30, Donald Trump proposed “path forward” scientifically would be to protect more vulnerable individuals in society while also paving way for ones with lower risk to grually return to work and to school with suitable precautions. w, with months into coronavirus contagion, Trump has reiterated that ‘permanent shutdown’ would longer be answer. main purpose of a nationwide shutdown, according to US President is to flatten curve of vel coronavirus and development of treatments and rapies. This, Trump said has been achieved by US government. 

Donald Trump said, “a blanket shutdown to achieve a temporary reduction in cases is certainly t a viable long-term strategy for any country. People are starting to understand disease w.”

“ primary purpose of a shutdown was to flatten curve, ensure sufficient hospital capacity, and develop effective treatments and rapies to reduce mortality. And we’ve done that,” he ded. 

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Donald Trump on mail-in voting

Meanwhile, with plunging approval ratings before vember elections, Trump h called for ‘delaying’ 2020 presidential elections in United States citing his concerns with mail-in voting.  According to him, this year’s elections, where he competes with Democratic minee Joe Biden, will be ‘most inaccurate and fraudulent’ one in history if proceeded with postal voting. 

This can furr cause world’s one of biggest superpower ‘great embarrassment’. refore, Donald Trump has suggested that vember elections can be delayed when Americans can vote ‘securely’ and ‘safely’. However, he n backtracked from his comments and said ‘I don’t want delay’. Trump said, “I want to have election. But I also don't want to have to wait for three months and n find out that ballots are all missing and election doesn't mean anything".

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