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Trump weighs scaling back social distancing guidelines

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WITH LIVES AND THE ECONOMY HANGING IN THE BALANCE, President Donald Trump is weighing how to refine nationwide social-distancing guidelines to put some workers back on the job amid the coronavirus outbreak. — With lives and the economy hanging in the balance, President Donald Trump is weighing how to refine nationwide social-distancing guidelines to put some workers back on the job amid the coronavirus outbreak.

At a virtual town hall on Tuesday, Trump said he'd reassess after the current 15-day period of social distancing.

Said Trump, “We'll assess at that time and we'll give it some more time if we need a little more time, but we need to open this country up.”