In a rush to open without evidence of containment or a plan to #TestTraceIsolate please be honest and say it’s because people are tired of lockdown. Do not pretend you’ve done a great job. Admit you’re willing to accept more deaths to attempt to get the economy going. 1/6
And don’t act surprised when April repeats itself in June, hospitals approach capacity, PPE becomes scarce, and the body count rises. 2/6
To pretend that this is a choice between restarting the economy and dealing with the public health crisis is ludicrous. If we reopen too soon, what was the point? 3/6
Without a robust system to #TestTraceIsolate, there can be no lasting economic recovery. It isn’t a light switch. People will not emerge en masse to stimulate the economy when 2-3k/day are dying. 4/6
And don’t for one second think that doctors and nurses are warriors in this twisted battle @realDonaldTrump has manufactured against a virus. We show up to work no matter what, 5/6
Even though his lost month of February and his wasted April put us all at risk. We show up for our patients, not for him. /End
