Fuck, this week is going to be an epic shitshow as Trump tries to overrule public health experts with cargo cult capitalist dogma from Moore & Laffer

GOP Senators, WH advisers are urging an easing of restrictions b/c of the economic impact

More than 30K in US have already tested positive & public health officials say we need *more* restrictions, not fewer

w/ @jdawsey1 @yabutaleb7 @WPJohnWagner https://t.co/c5c1c7HQ8j

— Jeffrey Stein (@JStein_WaPo) March 23, 2020

Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch: “Now is the time to tighten restrictions on contacts that could transmit the virus, not loosen them … If we let up now we can be virtually certain that health care will be overwhelmed in many if not all parts of the country.”

— Jeffrey Stein (@JStein_WaPo) March 23, 2020