Indiana congressman says he's willing to let more Americans die to save economy – NBC News, NBC News
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Reopening the economy is preferable to preventing a new wave of coronavirus deaths, a member of Congress from Indiana said Tuesday.
“It is policymakers’ decision to put on our big boy and big girl pants and say it is the lesser of these two evils, “Republican Rep. Trey Hollingsworth told radio station WIBC-FM of Indianapolis. “It is not zero evil, but it is the lesser of these two evils, and we intend to move forward that direction.”
His push for the end of isolation for much of the country aligns with President Donald Trump’s desire to get the nation back to work . But medical experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have said ending stay-at-home orders too soon could spark a new wave of COVID- 27, the disease associated with the coronavirus.
Hollingsworth argued that looming economic losses are far too severe to continue with sheltering-in-place orders designed to limit the person-to-person spread of coronavirus.
“is” always American government position to say, in the choice between the loss of our way of life as Americans and the loss of life, of American lives, we have to always choose the latter, “he said.
Dennis Romero
Dennis Romero writes for NBC News and is based in Los Angeles.
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