[SoCal Pubbie]

The only thing that makes sense to me, at least the reaction domestically, is that the virus did in fact escape, intentionally or otherwise, the bio lab near Wuhan and the spooks in DC could not assure Trump that it wasn’t a catastrophic bioweapon. Remember the classified briefing given early on to congress? If so Trump had no choice but to err on the side of caution.

Now that it’s clear there’s no need to continue house arrest, Trump can hardly say “Oops, my bad forget the whole thing.” So opening up is going to take longer than it should.

Various governors and mayors have varying motivations to continue control, from a power trip to a Chicken Little outlook on life.

[truthkeeper]

I agree with your post at #17. It's the only thing that explains POTUS's responses that makes minimal sense, at least to me.

Good analysis, thank you.

[reformedliberal]

Remember the classified briefing given early on to congress? If so Trump had no choice but to err on the side of caution.
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Add to that the absence of legislators from DC.

Although I’m certain they all have access to the HCQ protocol.