<p>In a Saturday afternoon press conference, the White House coronavirus task force warned that Americans should consider avoiding leaving their homes this week as the deadly outbreak, which has so far infected more than 300,000 and killed nearly 9,000, is expected to reach its peak.</p>
<p>“The next two weeks are extraordinarily important,” White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Saturday. “This is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe.&#8221;</p>
<p>Although the White House coronavirus team was reticent to put a timeline on the virus itself, at least three regions of the United States &#8212; the midwest, the northeast, and the areas surrounding New Orleans, Louisiana &#8212; are projected to reach peak infections within the next seven days, <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/white-house-americans-should-avoid-grocery-stores-as-coronavirus-hits-apex/">according to the New York Post</a>. Other areas of the United States, like the south and west, are expected to see their numbers rise until they hit a peak within the next fourteen days.</p>
<p>&#8220;Asked when the worst day of the outbreak will be, Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, talked about the three hotspots being watched most closely: Detroit, Louisiana and New York. She said each are on the upside of their curve of mortality, and that officials anticipate them hitting their peaks in the next six to seven days,&#8221; <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/04/04/826741317/federal-government-implements-relief-as-nation-reels-from-coronavirus-pandemic">per NPR</a>.</p>
<p>“This will probably be the toughest week – between this week and next week,&#8221; President Donald Trump told the press conference, grimly. “There will be a lot of death, unfortunately…there will be death.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We are coming up to a time that is going to be very horrendous,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;We probably have never seen anything like these kind of numbers. Maybe during the war, during a World War One or Two or something.&#8221;</p>
<p>New York governor Andrew Cuomo expressed similar sentiments during his own press conference Saturday, noting that the peak appears to be approaching in his state: &#8220;We&#8217;re not yet at the apex, we&#8217;re getting closer &#8230; Our reading of the projections is we&#8217;re somewhere in the seven-day range.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sunday morning, administration officials were no more rosy. The Surgeon General, appearing on Fox News Sunday, compared the coming seven days to a terrorist attack.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is going to be hardest and the saddest week of most American&#8217;s lives, quite frankly. This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment,&#8221; Vice Admiral Jerome Adams said.</p>
<p>The president was, at least, bullish on the idea of the country reopening within the foreseeable future, suggesting on Saturday that he is pursuing the possibility of bringing together a second coronavirus team, this one tasked with laying the groundwork for an economic recovery, and plotting how to slowly return Americans to the workforce, while balancing the threat of a second outbreak.</p>
<p>&#8220;At a certain point,&#8221; the president said, &#8220;some hard decisions are going to have to be made,&#8221; referencing the idea that risk management efforts, designed to contain the virus, are having an unprecedented impact on American businesses. &#8220;Social distancing&#8221; policies and state-mandated lockdowns have created an unemployment crisis; millions of Americans have now applied for unemployment and millions more are facing slowdowns and pay reductions.</p>

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