The Press Rushed to Blame Trump for the Texas River Flood Disaster but...
The State of the Democrats and Our Media – The NY Times Forced...
Surprise: The Left Is Using the Horrific Texas Floods to Push Their Climate...
Is Lebanon Ready to Join the Abraham Accords?
Massive ICE Operation Unfolds in Heart of LA, National Guard Present
Trump Releases Tariff Letters to Seven Countries
Tom Homan Offers Blistering Warning to Muslim Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate: 'Get Out...
Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Grenell Urges Trump to Withhold Funds From California Until Newsom Fixes State’s Crisis...
Australian Tribunal Rules in Favor of 'Billboard Chris' and Free Speech
Houston Official Sparks Outrage After Racist Rant Mocking Missing White Girls Killed in...
Trump Administration Revokes Protected Status for Thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans
Wealthy Liberal Activists Urge Dem Lawmakers to 'Take a Bullet' to Stop Trump
The Man Who Opened Fire at Texas Border Patrol Facility Has Been Identified
Trump Administration Removing Syrian Group’s Terrorist Designation
Tipsheet

Dr. Scott Gottlieb Predicts When 'Normal Life' Will Return

AP Photo/Kathy Young

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, President Trump's former FDA commissioner, just predicted when Americans can start enjoying their normal lives again and finally say goodbye to the 2020 coronavirus nightmare. Sit tight, he said, it's going to be awhile.

Advertisement

The majority of the country is largely on the same curve, about two weeks behind New York, and will "light up" around the same time, Gottlieb explained.

With H1N1, we have precedent that COVID-19 will become an epidemic in the U.S., the epidemic will run it course and will then "collapse" in July and August. He doesn't expect the coronavirus to circulate in the summer.

"We should have some natural backstop as we get in to the really hot, humid months," Gottlieb said. "We're likely to see the peak in late April or early May and wait a couple weeks before we start contemplating slowly withdrawing these mitigation steps."

He then detailed just exactly what's in store for the next few months.

"April's going to be a difficult month, being in our homes," he warned. "May is going to be a transition. As we get into June, we're going to start coming back again and in July and August we should be coming back with some element of our normal lives with a lot of new introductions of features to try to prevent this from happening again.

Advertisement

It's true that some regions of the country aren't as hard hit as others. With that in mind Trump said he asked his his coronavirus task force whether or not they could start loosening travel or stay-at-home restrictions for those areas. He said the experts "didn't like the idea."

Dr. Gottlieb said it's crucial that we have a much different tool box and be better prepared come fall, when the virus has a risk of returning.

"We need to start preparing in March and April, for August and September," he said.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement