White House ignored warnings as it pushed for reopenings, newly released coronavirus task force reports show

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Alexander NazaryanNational Correspondent
,Yahoo News•August 31, 2020

Even as President Trump spurred states to lift lockdown measures and resume normal economic activity in the early summer, reports from his own White House coronavirus task force were presenting regular evidence that infections were rising in many parts of the country. Critics have maintained that by not acting on evidence that the virus was not in remission, Trump and his advisers only prolonged the nation’s battle with the pandemic, which has killed more than 180,000 Americans to date.

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