The report also warned lawmakers that the coronavirus pandemic could include “multiple waves”
Nurses at a drive-through COVID-19 clinic in Washington. Photo: Karen Ducey/Getty Images On Friday, the day that Trump declared a national emergency while taking “no responsibility at all” for his administration’s coronavirus failures, the Department of Health and Human Services warned lawmakers that the pandemic “will last 18 months or longer” and that it could include “multiple waves of illness.
To prepare, the plan encourages Trump to consider “key federal decisions” including the invocation of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to increase production of medical supplies like ventilators and protective gear for hospital workers. Enacted during the Korean War, the Act requires businesses to accept contracts to produce goods demanded in national security emergencies.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Trump, however, was reluctant to call upon the Defense Production Act. “We’ll make that decision pretty quickly if we need it,” he said. “We hope we don’t need it. It’s a big step.” Despite calls from governors to boost the federal response to the crisis, Trump has largely failed to do so at this point in the crisis.
The Trump administration’s solemn 18-month estimate is consistent with the recent findings of epidemiologists at Imperial College London, who determined that social distancing practices would need to be in effect “until a vaccine becomes available ,” so that hospitals would not be inundated with cases in the interim.
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