At least 1,204,475 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the US, including 71,078 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases. CNN is taking a wider look at US coronavirus cases here:
The US is unprepared to protect residents when states reopen, former acting CDC director saysStore manager Natalie Hijazi temporarily closes off the entrance to a Pet Fair store inside The Woodlands Mall on Tuesday, May 5, in The Woodlands, Texas. David J. Phillip/AP, one expert says the country still hasn't done enough to protect residents from the coronavirus.
"I don't think you can say, how much suffering are you willing to bear in order to restart the economy until you have done everything possible to ensure that every single person in America can take measures to protect their own health, the health of their families and the health of their communities," Dr. Richard Besser, the former acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday."That's just not the case right now.
country's death toll continues to rise and public health experts have warned relaxing restrictions could cost thousands of lives. "We don't have the testing capacity now to know where this disease is," Besser said."We have not scaled up the thousands and thousands of contact tracers that we need, we don't provide safe places for people to isolate or quarantine if they are identified as either having an infection or being in contact."
"We are saying, if you have money and you are white, you can do well here," he said."If you are not, good luck to you."
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