The Right Way to Reopen America
Heritage Explains
Heritage Podcast Network
4.7 • 847 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
This week, Dr. Richard Tubb, a retired military officer and one of the longest-serving White House physicians in history, serving from 1995-2009, joins us to talk about what plans we should have in place to reopen America. He also talks about his time working for President George W. Bush to build out some of the first pandemic planning. Dr. Tubb is also a member of Heritage’s National Coronavirus Recovery Commission.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains. |
| 0:15.3 | After over a month of staying in our homes, states around the country are partially reopening businesses this week, |
| 0:21.6 | and many others have stay-at-home orders that will soon expire. In Arkansas, Alaska, Georgia, |
| 0:28.8 | Tennessee and Oklahoma, salons and restaurants are already open. Texas Governor Greg Abbott |
| 0:35.2 | said that malls, restaurants, and movie theaters could reopen in his state on Friday. |
| 0:40.6 | Counties in Florida have already opened beaches, and the state is ready to start opening marinas, golf courses, and more. |
| 0:48.7 | So how do we know what states are ready and which ones need more time? |
| 0:53.6 | Is a state-by-state approach the best way to do this? |
| 0:58.2 | Here's Heritage Foundation President K.C. James talking about the way states are opening up around the country in an interview on Newsmax. |
| 1:06.8 | Well, you know, the states are so totally different. And even within states, there are regions where you have hot spots and other parts of the state where you may not have very much infection at all. |
| 1:20.3 | Our form of government actually works very well under these circumstances. As good conservatives, you know, we believe that the government |
| 1:28.9 | that's closest to the people is the government that governs best. So I think that those decisions |
| 1:35.2 | within some parameters and guidelines should be left to the governors and local communities |
| 1:41.1 | to make those decisions. Some communities are ready to open today. |
| 1:46.7 | Other communities will require some time to put some pieces in place to protect the health |
| 1:53.1 | and well-being of the citizens in those communities. |
| 1:58.2 | Heritage recently started the National Coronavirus Recovery Commission. |
| 2:04.6 | Led by James, the group has brought together experts in medicine, economics, government, |
| 2:10.6 | business, and human behavior to outline specific recommendations to reopen America. |
| 2:15.6 | The goal? To help our nation figure out how to save lives |
| 2:19.4 | and livelihoods. We don't have to have an either-or. Are we going to protect the health of the |
| 2:26.4 | citizens or are we going to save the economy? We must do both. And we can do both. It just takes |
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