President Donald Trump addressed the coronavirus pandemic in a July 30 press conference and elaborated on his comments on the question of delaying the election.
Trump spoke to the difficulty of addressing the worst disease in over one hundred years. Even in countries that had done a great job getting their numbers down, the virus has the ability to come roaring back if you let your guard down. Countries like Japan that had nearly eliminated the virus have seen their cases increase by an order of magnitude over the last month.
There is some good news — the number of new cases in the Sun Belt is declining. And new treatments are showing promise: dexamethasone, remdesivir, Regeneron’s antibody cocktail. Better treatment has dropped the infection fatality rate significantly.
To support the people of the United States, he called for an extension of expanded unemployment benefits, a temporary halt to evictions, and additional direct payments to individuals.
Trump urged the safe reopening of schools, calling for $105 billion in federal aid to help schools reopen safely. (For a full concept of what is required to achieve safe reopening, see “An Outline for Saving Our Students, Educators, and Their Families” at https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2020/07/29/an-outline-for-saving-our-students-educators-and-their-families/)
