Experts converge on plans for easing coronavirus restrictions safely

Washington Post logoThe Trump administration’s national social distancing guidelines expire early this week. So what’s the plan?

If there’s one thing people agree on, even as they debate the government’s coronavirusresponse, it is this: We can’t do this forever.

The nationwide shutdowns, the home quarantines, hospital shortages, layoffs, deaths and infections. All seemingly without end. So what exactly is our next step?

Concerned about the nation’s halting, uncoordinated response — which has featured a patchwork of state-by-state, competing and at times contradictory decisions — health experts are rushing to offer their own long-term strategies to combat the virus and edge America closer back to normal. Continue reading.