The governors of Colorado and New York outlined plans to ease pandemic restrictions but stressed they were moving with caution.
“What matters a lot more than the date that the stay-at-home ends is what we do going forward, and how we have an ongoing, sustainable way — psychologically, economically and from the health perspective — to have the social distancing we need,” said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
On Sunday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, whose order expires on Thursday, also expressed discomfort in talking about specific reopening dates. DeSantis, who was castigated last month by critics for a Stay-at-home orders in several states — Alabama, Arizona, Florida and Tennessee, to name a few — are set to expire later this week.
Speaking to reporters from Albany, Cuomo said that implementing a safe reopening of the economy would require changes at a societal level.
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