Most states are taking steps to ease social distancing restrictions and the federal government has approved an experimental drug to treat Covid-19 patients. But pandemic experts say reopening the country is a 'big mistake.'
But pandemic experts say reopening the country is a"big mistake."Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world"You're making a big mistake. It's going to cost lives," Dr. Irwin Redlener, a pediatrician and disaster preparedness specialist at Columbia University Medical Center, told CNN on Friday.
The drug was approved just days after researchers said the drug might help patients recover more quickly from the infection.Gilead CEO Daniel O'Day said Friday in an Oval Office event that the company will be working with the federal government"to make sure that we get that to the patients in need as quickly as possible.
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