Trump’s push to open economy could come at cost of lives

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Washington as Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s desire to reopen the coronavirus-battered economy in a matter of weeks has thrust the administration into the delicate position of weighing the revival of commerce versus the value of American life. Trump in recent days has latched on to the notion that the cure for the pandemic should not be worse than the disease, and has targeted a return to a semblance of normalcy for the economy by Easter Sunday, April 12. But critics say he’s presenting the nation with a false dichotomy at a moment when deaths and infections from the virus are surging.