Gov. Cuomo agrees with Trump on the need to pivot back to economy as soon as possible

The Hill:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Monday the state has to begin planning to move forward economically after shutting down all nonessential businesses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“There has to be a balance, or parallel tracks that we’re going down,” Cuomo said at his daily briefing, in terms of public health and economic viability.

“I take total responsibility for shutting off the economy in terms of nonessential workers, but we also have to start to plan the pivot back to economic functionality. You can't stop the economy forever,” he added.

President Trump signaled he may lift restrictions intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, tweeting late Sunday night that “we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

He added that the White House will make a decision “as to which way we want to go” after the end of the 15-day period implemented in the White House plan released last week.

Asked about Trump’s remarks, Cuomo said “you have to walk and chew gum in life,” adding that no executive has the “luxury of being one-dimensional.”

“I am very proud of the measures we’ve taken to address this public health crisis,” Cuomo said.

“But I’m also very aware you cannot — it is unsustainable to run this state or run this country with the economy closed down,” he added.

The governor said officials are looking to create a plan to get the economy back up and running while also taking public health strategy into consideration.
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At the recent press briefings on the crisis both Trump and Pence have been highlighting the 14 day period of the stay at home requirement.  We are about halfway through it at this point.  I suspect that we may see an easing in areas that have not been hit by virus cases.  In Texas, for example, there are 200 counties with no cases.  It might make sense to lift restrictions for residents of those counties as long as they did not travel to affected areas.  There are likely other parts of the country with similar areas of no disease.