President Trump said in a Fox News Town Hall that "the cure is worse than the problem" and predicted "suicides by the thousands" if people cannot return to work. Trump added that "we can social distance ourselves and go to work." Without social distancing, the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, has estimated that between 200,000 and 1.7 million Americans could die from the virus.
Trump said at the end of the current 15-day shutdown "we will make a decision as to which way we want to go."