Why reopening states is a ‘deadly mistake’

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🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Georgia will begin reopening businesses Friday, against the advice of experts and the White House. William Wan reports on what will happen next. For survivors of AIDS, an eerie deja vu, from reporter Jada Yuan. And, what Trump’s new immigration policy actually means, from Nick Miroff.

States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn.

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Trump signs order pausing immigration for 60 days, with exceptions.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	Hi, this is Ben Terris coming from the Washington Post.
0:08.0	Hi, Jeff.
0:09.0	This is Winfrey Oprah.
0:10.0	Hi there.
0:11.0	How are you?
0:12.0	It's Lisa bonus, calling for the post.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Martine Powers.
0:19.0	It's Thursday, April 23rd.
0:22.0	Today, the states that are rushing to reopen.
0:27.0	The state's operations from survivors of the AIDS crisis.
0:30.0	And the truth about Trump's immigration ban.
0:36.0	So Georgia is kind of on the front edge of all of these states trying to reopen up their economy.
0:44.0	By Friday, they're going to be tanning salons, barbershops,
0:48.0	even massage parlors and bowling alleys,
0:51.0	supposedly opening up according to the Georgia governor.
0:54.0	Today, we are announcing plans to incrementally and safely reopen sectors of our economy.
1:01.0	By Monday, they're even going to have movie theaters and restaurants.
1:05.0	They're quite aggressive in reopening the businesses.
1:12.0	I'm William One.
1:13.0	I'm a National Health Reporter for the Washington Post.
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