Welcome to Maxis Pro Radha, where we normally take just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the

Collegiate Tech, Business and Politics. But today we are doing a special three-part series of shorter

episodes on the coronavirus pandemic, which is changing our politics, our economy, and our way of

life. And one of the biggest questions right now is when America might be able to reopen for business.

Most public health officials think it could still be more than a month away,

but President Trump has been itching to move faster,

including floating the idea of things getting back to normal by Easter,

which this year is April 12th.

So let's go deeper on the political deliberations

with Axios White House reporter Jonathan

Swan. Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN on Thursday night that Easter was a, quote, aspirational

projection to give people some hope. So is Trump listening to people like Fauci or is he listening

to other folks when it comes to this? It's a mix. And for Trump, when he said it wasn't aspirational hope, it was something that he meant

quite literally.

He thought that they could actually get things opening up by Easter.

His public health team united around the idea that that's unlikely, if not impossible,

and that they need more time to

keep people isolated, to get testing up and running to a point where they can do mass

testing, isolate people who are infected, and then also buy a little bit more time for the hospital

system so that that doesn't get completely overwhelmed. Trump is very, very impatient.

I've been speaking to people who've been in touch with the president. Over the last 24 hours,

he is watching the stock market very closely. He believes the market has responded positively

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