Lacking federal direction, local leaders are taking the coronavirus fight into their own hands
SACRAMENTO — On Monday morning, Donald Trump tweeted: “Nothing is shut down.” On Monday evening, local officials in California’s Silicon Valley did just that.
Sacramento County Director of Health Services Peter Beilenson said in an interview that county officials hewed to state guidance and formulated that response in conjunction with neighboring counties. One of California’s largest school districts had already shut its doors to students before Trump asserted nothing was closing. On Monday evening, Santa Clara County Health Officer Sarah Cody said that “because our emerging data tells us we have more extensive community spread than was apparent to us even five days ago, we must take more actions to slow the spread of disease and to protect the public.
While some blue state governors have conspicuously avoided criticizing Trump, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn't hold back Tuesday. Pritzker assailed vague Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance about avoiding large crowds, complained about the U.S. not using tests that were released by the World Health Organization and cautioned that Trump is downplaying the seriousness of the virus.
“They’re using their own individual judgment and, to me, I think that would be prudent,” Fauci said at a press briefing Monday at the White House.
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