States Have Different Reactions to White House Guidelines for Reopening
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We ran the numbers: There are 1311 news articles covering this topic. 54% (706) are left leaning, 30% (387) center, 17% (218) right leaning.
President Trump unveiled guidelines for states to reopen in three stages, but public health officials say these guidelines fall short. While left-leaning articles highlight that there is still no national testing strategy for the coronavirus, right-leaning articles highlight that the White House’s guidelines to re-open are just a broad vision for what a phased reopening of American life would look like.
The Washington Post published a left-leaning article highlighting that there remains no national testing strategy for the coronavirus, only a patchwork of programs being administered with limited guidance. Analysts say the United States needs to perform closer to 1 million tests per day to reach a level comparable to South Korea, which has set the gold standard for containing the virus’s spread.
A centrist article by NPR reports that the proposal is that states open in three stages, and that governors of North Dakota, Idaho, and Ohio, say they’ll start phased opening by May 1. However, the public health specialists say before states can open up, they have to make sure they have enough capacity to test everyone who is sick and trace their contacts.
The Washington Examiner published a right-leaning article highlighting that the White House guidelines for re-opening America are a broad vision for what a phased reopening of American life would look like with criteria for moving from one phase of easing restrictions to the other. The article notes that even in the best-case scenario, in which a state meets all the criteria to start the first phase on May 1, it would still take until early June to reach the final phase.
From the left
The Daily 202: Trump’s new guidance makes lack of national coronavirus testing strategy more glaring
Washington Post
From the right
White House guidelines still anticipate months to get back to normal
Washington Examiner