We_PNP had_VHD a_AT0 crisis_NN1 at_PRP home_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC it_PNP involved_VVD toilet_NN1 paper_NN1 ._SENT Not_XX0 that_CJT we_PNP did_VDD n't_XX0 have_VHI any_DT0 ;_PUN we_PNP were_VBD among_PRP the_AT0 lucky_AJ0 families_NN2 who_PNQ did_VDD ._SENT It_PNP was_VBD that_CJT somebody_PNI was_VBD eating_VVG it_PNP all_DT0 ..._PUN along_AVP with_PRP the_AT0 spare_AJ0 napkins_NN2 and_CJC surgical_AJ0 masks_NN2 ._SENT Our_DPS dog_NN1 seemed_VVD to_TO0 prefer_VVI paper_NN1 to_PRP food_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC if_CJS one_CRD of_PRF us_PNP caught_VVD him_PNP with_PRP a_AT0 wad_NN1 of_PRF paper_NN1 in_PRP his_DPS mouth_NN1 ,_PUN Brodie_NP0 looked_VVD right_AV0 at_PRP us_PNP and_CJC dared_VVD us_PNP to_TO0 come_VVI and_CJC get_VVI it_PNP ._SENT 
It_PNP was_VBD chaos_NN1 all_AV0 over_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 Edina_NP0 war_NN1 room_NN1 was_VBD no_AT0 exception_NN1 ._SENT Brodie_NP0 had_VHD a_AT0 paper_NN1 mask_NN1 he_PNP had_VHD snatched_VVN from_PRP the_AT0 counter_NN1 between_PRP his_DPS teeth_NN2 and_CJC was_VBD running_VVG clockwise_AV0 through_PRP the_AT0 rooms_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 house_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP finally_AV0 gave_VVD up_AVP and_CJC called_VVD John_NP0 Doerr_NP0 to_TO0 talk_VVI through_AVP with_PRP him_PNP my_DPS conversation_NN1 with_PRP Kushner_NP0 and_CJC the_AT0 federal_AJ0 government_NN1 's_POS abdication_NN1 of_PRF pandemic_AJ0 leadership_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS he_PNP heard_VVD the_AT0 details_NN2 ,_PUN he_PNP was_VBD despondent_AJ0 ._SENT We_PNP had_VHD averted_VVN two_CRD potential_AJ0 disasters--the_NN1 first_ORD in_PRP March_NP0 ,_PUN when_AVQ people_NN0 began_VVD to_TO0 stay_VVI home_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 second_ORD in_PRP April_NP0 ,_PUN when_CJS we_PNP avoided_VVD the_AT0 Easter_NN1 Sunday_NP0 Massacre-_NP0 but_CJC now_AV0 we_PNP were_VBD at_PRP an_AT0 impasse_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS we_PNP moved_VVD through_PRP April_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 country_NN1 ,_PUN abandoned_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 Trump_NN1 administration_NN1 ,_PUN seemed_VVD to_TO0 be_VBI out_AVP of_PRF gas_NN1 for_PRP May_NP0 ._SENT I_PNP remembered_VVD Bill_NP0 Joy_NP0 telling_VVG me_PNP not_XX0 to_TO0 enable_VVI Trump_NN1 by_PRP sending_VVG him_PNP a_AT0 plan_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 allow_VVI him_PNP to_TO0 shirk_VVI responsibility_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP had_VHD told_VVN myself_PNX ,_PUN We_PNP 're_VBB saving_VVG the_AT0 next_ORD life_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC besides_AV0 ,_PUN what_DTQ else_AV0 can_VM0 we_PNP do_VDI ?_SENT But_CJC I_PNP was_VBD concerned_AJ0 ._SENT We_PNP had_VHD developed_VVN criteria_NN2 for_PRP opening_VVG up_AVP the_AT0 country_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC with_PRP the_AT0 White_AJ0 House_NN1 having_VHG used_VVN them_PNP to_TO0 get_VVI itself_PNX off_PRP the_AT0 hook_NN1 ,_PUN they_PNP were_VBD now_AV0 being_VBG ignored_VVN ._SENT I_PNP feared_VVD chaos_NN1 and_CJC wondered_VVD whether_CJS we_PNP 'd_VHD done_VDN the_AT0 right_AJ0 thing_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ What_DTQ should_VM0 we_PNP do_VDI at_PRP this_DT0 point_NN1 ?_SENT "_PUQ John_NP0 ,_PUN as_CJS always_AV0 ,_PUN was_VBD focused_VVN on_PRP where_AVQ we_PNP were_VBD ,_PUN not_XX0 how_AVQ we_PNP 'd_VHD gotten_VVN here_AV0 ._SENT 
"_PUQ Focus_VVB on_PRP the_AT0 states_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ 
But_CJC John_NP0 reminded_VVD me_PNP of_PRF the_AT0 obvious_AJ0 :_PUN "_PUQ I_PNP 'm_VBB really_AV0 worried_AJ0 ._SENT That_DT0 's_VBZ not_XX0 nearly_AV0 as_CJS good_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
He_PNP was_VBD right_AJ0 ._SENT How_AVQ was_VBD our_DPS model_NN1 of_PRF federalism_NN1 supposed_VVD to_TO0 work_VVI in_PRP this_DT0 pandemic_AJ0 ?_SENT I_PNP thought_VVD about_PRP each_DT0 state_NN1 's_POS borders_NN2 with_PRP others-_Kentucky_NN1 with_PRP Tennessee_NP0 ,_PUN Wisconsin_NP0 connecting_VVG to_PRP Michigan_NP0 's_POS Upper_AJ0 Peninsula_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 bunch_NN1 of_PRF states_NN2 crammed_VVN together_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 Northeast_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Dakotas_NP0 abutting_VVG Minnesota_NP0 ._SENT Each_DT0 state_NN1 had_VHD different_AJ0 ideas_NN2 of_PRF what_DTQ would_VM0 work_VVI ;_PUN each_DT0 state_NN1 had_VHD its_DPS own_DT0 system_NN1 for_PRP deciding_VVG when_AVQ things_NN2 should_VM0 open_VVI and_CJC close_VVI ._SENT We_PNP were_VBD going_VVG to_TO0 need_VVI public_AJ0 transparency_NN1 and_CJC accountability_NN1 for_PRP when_AVQ states_NN2 would_VM0 reopen_VVI ._SENT 
Crowdsourcing_AJ0 Pandemic_AJ0 Management_NN1 Ryan_NP0 Panchadsaram_NP0 ,_PUN John_NP0 's_POS chief_NN1 of_PRF staff_NN0 ,_PUN texted_AJ0 one_CRD day_NN1 to_TO0 ask_VVI if_CJS we_PNP could_VM0 talk_VVI about_PRP an_AT0 idea_NN1 he_PNP and_CJC I_PNP had_VHD previously_AV0 tossed_VVN back_AVP and_CJC forth_AV0 ._SENT Ryan_NP0 talked_VVD about_PRP creating_VVG a_AT0 public_AJ0 scorecard_NN1 on_PRP each_DT0 state_NN1 's_POS progress_NN1 :_PUN cases_NN2 ,_PUN hospitalizations_NN2 ,_PUN testing_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC contact_VVB tracing_VVG ._SENT My_DPS relationship_NN1 with_PRP Ryan_NP0 actually_AV0 predated_VVD mine_PNP with_PRP John_NP0 ._SENT Ryan_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ lived_VVD in_PRP San_NP0 Francisco_NP0 ,_PUN had_VHD been_VBN a_AT0 core_NN1 part_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 replaced-dns_NP0 turnaround_NN1 team_NN1 ,_PUN where_CJS everyone_PNI called_VVD him_PNP "_PUQ Ryan_NP0 P._NP0 "_PUQ A_AT0 former_DT0 Microsoft_NP0 product_NN1 manager_NN1 ,_PUN he_PNP 'd_VHD been_VBN dogged_VVN at_PRP ferreting_VVG out_AVP undiscovered_AJ0 problems_NN2 with_PRP replaced-dns_NN2 ,_PUN often_AV0 contacting_VVG individuals_NN2 wa_NP0 'd_VHD had_VHN problems_NN2 with_PRP the_AT0 site_NN1 and_CJC tracing_VVG their_DPS is_VBZ :_PUN ;_PUN all_DT0 the_AT0 way_NN1 down_AVP to_PRP a_AT0 new_AJ0 undiscovered_AJ0 problem_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP began_VVD calling_VVG him_PNP the_AT0 "_PUQ chief_AJ0 curiosity_NN1 officer_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
I_PNP Ryan_NP0 's_POS idea_NN1 was_VBD to_TO0 build_VVI an_AT0 open-source_AJ0 scorecard_NN1 filled_VVN with_PRP everything_PNI the_AT0 public_NN1 needed_VVD to_TO0 know_VVI about_AVP how_AVQ a_AT0 state_NN1 was_VBD doing_VDG on_PRP public_AJ0 health_NN1 measures_NN2 ._SENT Any_DT0 reasonable_AJ0 administration_NN1 would_VM0 have_VHI already_AV0 made_VVN this_DT0 material_NN1 publicly_AV0 available_AJ0 through_PRP the_AT0 CDC_NP0 ._SENT (_PUL Of_PRF course_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 better_AJC administration_NN1 would_VM0 not_XX0 have_VHI abandoned_VVN its_DPS post_NN1 ._SENT )_PUR But_CJC we_PNP had_VHD "_PUQ federalism_NN1 "_PUQ without_PRP even_AV0 the_AT0 basic_AJ0 tools_NN2 the_AT0 states_NN2 or_CJC the_AT0 public_NN1 needed_VVD ._SENT I_PNP had_VHD suggested_VVN Ryan_NP0 talk_VVI with_PRP the_AT0 United_AJ0 States_NN2 of_PRF Care_NN1 team_NN1 :_PUN Mark_NP0 McClellan_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ had_VHD run_VVN both_AV0 CMS_NP0 and_CJC the_AT0 FDA_NN1 and_CJC was_VBD now_AV0 at_PRP Duke_NN1 University_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC former_DT0 CDC_NP0 director_NN1 Tom_NP0 Frieden_NP0 ._SENT Together_AV0 they_PNP could_VM0 build_VVI a_AT0 credible_AJ0 dashboard_NN1 ._SENT 
After_PRP Birx_NP0 's_POS press_NN1 conference_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 phone_NN1 call_NN1 I_PNP received_VVD from_PRP Kushner_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Trump_NP0 's_POS tweet_NN1 making_VVG it_PNP clear_VVI the_AT0 states_NN2 were_VBD going_VVG to_TO0 be_VBI left_VVN on_PRP their_DPS own_DT0 ,_PUN I_PNP hoped_VVD Ryan_NP0 was_VBD going_VVG to_TO0 tell_VVI me_PNP he_PNP had_VHD something_PNI ready_AJ0 ._SENT He_PNP was_VBD ,_PUN in_PRP fact_NN1 ,_PUN calling_VVG to_TO0 say_VVI that_CJT not_XX0 only_AV0 would_VM0 he_PNP be_VBI able_AJ0 to_TO0 launch_VVI a_AT0 scorecard_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP could_VM0 take_VVI Birx_NP0 's_POS criteria_NN2 and_CJC use_VVB them_PNP to_TO0 make_VVI a_AT0 heat_NN1 map_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 public_AJ0 website_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 give_VVI details_NN2 of_PRF how_AVQ each_DT0 state_NN1 was_VBD doing_VDG ,_PUN what_DTQ stage_NN1 it_PNP was_VBD at_PRP ,_PUN and_CJC what_DTQ needed_VVD to_TO0 happen_VVI to_TO0 make_VVI progress_NN1 ._SENT Ryan_NP0 moves_VVZ fast_AJ0 ._SENT By_PRP the_AT0 next_ORD day-April_NN1 17_CRD ,_PUN a_AT0 day_NN1 after_PRP the_AT0 press_NN1 conference_NN1 Ryan_NP0 sent_VVD me_PNP a_AT0 link_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 first_ORD draft_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 website_NN1 ,_PUN Covid_NP0 Exit_NN1 Strategy_NN1 (_PUL replaced-dns_NP0 )_PUR ._SENT 
The_AT0 first_ORD thing_NN1 I_PNP noticed_VVD was_VBD that_CJT no_AT0 state_NN1 met_VVD the_AT0 criteria_NN2 of_PRF being_VBG ready_AJ0 to_TO0 open_VVI ,_PUN and_CJC would_VM0 n't_XX0 be_VBI ready_AJ0 for_PRP some_DT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN yet_AV0 many_DT0 were_VBD still_AV0 announcing_VVG plans_NN2 to_TO0 open_VVI in_PRP May_NP0 ._SENT 
And_CJC one_CRD other_AJ0 thing_NN1 looked_VVD wrong_AV0 immediately_AV0 :_PUN every_AT0 state_NN1 was_VBD behind_PRP where_CJS it_PNP needed_VVD to_TO0 be_VBI to_TO0 open_VVI except_PRP one--the_AJ0 state_NN1 that_CJT so_AV0 far_AV0 had_VHD had_VHN more_DT0 than_CJS 20_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD deaths_NN2 ,_PUN New_NP0 York_NP0 ._SENT I_PNP called_VVD Ryan_NP0 ._SENT 
"_PUQ How_AVQ could_VM0 New_NP0 York_NP0 be_VBI the_AT0 state_NN1 closest_AV0 to_PRP being_VBG ready_AJ0 to_TO0 reopen_VVI ,_PUN Ryan_NP0 ?_SENT Look_VVB at_PRP the_AT0 massive_AJ0 death_NN1 toll_NN1 ._SENT No_AT0 one_PNI will_VM0 believe_VVI that_DT0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
"_PUQ It_PNP 's_VBZ what_DTQ the_AT0 data_NN0 says_VVZ ,_PUN Andy_NP0 ._SENT They_PNP are_VBB rocking_VVG on_PRP testing_NN1 ._SENT They_PNP are_VBB the_AT0 only_AJ0 ones_NN2 close_AJ0 to_PRP meeting_VVG the_AT0 White_AJ0 House_NN1 standard_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Ryan_NP0 loved_VVD data_NN0 ._SENT But_CJC I_PNP did_VDD n't_XX0 want_VVI him_PNP to_TO0 embarrass_VVI himself_PNX ._SENT "_PUQ No_AT0 one_PNI will_VM0 buy_VVI this_DT0 ,_PUN "_PUQ I_PNP warned_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ No_ITJ ,_PUN New_NP0 York_NP0 is_VBZ doing_VDG really_AV0 well_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ "_PUQ Tell_VVB that_DT0 to_PRP New_NP0 Yorkers_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ "_PUQ They_PNP 'll_VM0 see_VVI it_PNP ._SENT It_PNP 's_VBZ the_AT0 South_NN1 I_PNP 'm_VBB really_AV0 worried_AJ0 about_AV0 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP suggested_VVD that_CJT either_AV0 his_DPS data_NN0 or_CJC his_DPS criteria_NN2 might_VM0 be_VBI wrong_AJ0 ._SENT But_CJC as_CJS it_PNP turned_VVD out_AVP ,_PUN it_PNP was_VBD me_PNP who_PNQ was_VBD wrong_AJ0 ._SENT Just_AV0 as_CJS quickly_AV0 as_CJS New_NP0 York_NP0 's_POS cases_NN2 had_VHD surged_VVN ,_PUN they_PNP began_VVD receding_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC I_PNP got_VVD a_AT0 basic_AJ0 lesson_NN1 on_PRP how_AVQ the_AT0 time_NN1 lag_NN1 between_PRP when_AVQ infections_NN2 begin_VVB and_CJC when_CJS the_AT0 severe_AJ0 cases_NN2 become_VVB visible_AJ0 could_VM0 be_VBI deceiving_VVG ._SENT It_PNP 's_VBZ a_AT0 lesson_NN1 that_CJT subsequently_AV0 eluded_VVD many_DT0 governors_NN2 ._SENT 
What_DTQ happened_VVD in_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 ?_SENT The_AT0 state_NN1 was_VBD actually_AV0 following_VVG Italy_NP0 's_POS curve_NN1 ,_PUN as_CJS Birx_NP0 had_VHD predicted_VVN the_AT0 whole_AJ0 country_NN1 would_VM0 ._SENT Governor_NP0 Cuomo_NP0 had_VHD made_VVN investments_NN2 in_PRP testing_NN1 and_CJC contact_NN1 tracing_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC it_PNP was_VBD more_AV0 than_CJS that_DT0 ._SENT Everyone_PNI in_PRP New_NP0 York_NP0 City_NN1 knew_VVD someone_PNI who_PNQ 'd_VHD had_VHN COVID-19_NN1 or_CJC been_VBN sick_AJ0 themselves_PNX ._SENT Many_DT0 had_VHD lost_VVN friends_NN2 and_CJC family_NN1 ._SENT They_PNP had_VHD the_AT0 sound_NN1 of_PRF wailing_VVG sirens_NN2 and_CJC the_AT0 images_NN2 of_PRF mass_AJ0 burials_NN2 and_CJC portable_AJ0 morgues_NN2 seared_VVD into_PRP their_DPS brains_NN2 ._SENT New_NP0 Yorkers_NP0 had_VHD joined_VVN that_DT0 fraternity_NN1 of_PRF other_AJ0 places_NN2 around_PRP the_AT0 globe_NN1 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP Hong_NP0 Kong_NP0 ,_PUN that_DT0 had_VHD experienced_VVN deadly_AJ0 pandemics.3_NN1 Ryan_NP0 saw_VVD this_DT0 happening_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 data_NN0 ._SENT 
Ryan_NP0 's_POS map_NN1 showed_VVD New_NP0 Jersey_NP0 and_CJC Connecticut_NP0 following_VVG similar_AJ0 curves_NN2 ._SENT But_CJC if_CJS things_NN2 were_VBD going_VVG well_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 Northeast_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 states_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 South_NN1 ,_PUN particularly_AV0 Florida_NP0 ,_PUN Texas_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Arizona_NP0 ,_PUN were_VBD about_AVP to_TO0 head_VVI in_PRP a_AT0 different_AJ0 direction_NN1 ._SENT Their_DPS Republican_NN1 governors_NN2 seemingly_AV0 believed_VVD they_PNP had_VHD avoided_VVN the_AT0 COVID-19_NN1 pandemic_AJ0 ._SENT None_PNI understood_VVD that_CJT it_PNP was_VBD only_AV0 a_AT0 matter_NN1 of_PRF time_NN1 until_CJS it_PNP reached_VVD them_PNP ._SENT A_AT0 common_AJ0 refrain_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 political_AJ0 right_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 time_NN1 was_VBD that_CJT the_AT0 coronavirus_NN1 was_VBD a_AT0 blue-state_AJ0 and_CJC big-city_AJ0 problem_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC people_NN0 in_PRP rural_AJ0 America_NP0 did_VDD n't_XX0 need_VVI to_TO0 worry_VVI ._SENT 
By_PRP the_AT0 end_NN1 of_PRF April_NP0 ,_PUN instead_AV0 of_PRF behaving_VVG like_PRP a_AT0 unified_AJ0 country_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP which_DTQ lessons_NN2 from_PRP one_CRD place_NN1 would_VM0 be_VBI absorbed_VVN in_PRP other_AJ0 places_NN2 ,_PUN we_PNP had_VHD southern_AJ0 states_NN2 opening_VVG up_AVP rapidly_AV0 and_CJC with_PRP few_DT0 precautions_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 governors_NN2 wanted_VVD to_TO0 see_VVI their_DPS economies_NN2 bounce_VVB back_AVP ,_PUN and_CJC because_CJS they_PNP had_VHD n't_XX0 experienced_VVN what_DTQ New_NP0 York_NP0 had_VHD ,_PUN they_PNP assumed_VVD they_PNP had_VHD done_VDN it_PNP better_AV0 ._SENT Never_AV0 mind_VVB that_CJT they_PNP had_VHD n't_XX0 met_VVN any_DT0 of_PRF Birx_NP0 's_POS suggested_AJ0 guidelines_NN2 for_PRP reductions_NN2 in_PRP cases_NN2 ,_PUN adequate_AJ0 testing_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC sufficient_AJ0 contact_NN1 tracing_VVG ._SENT 
I_PNP often_AV0 chatted_VVD with_PRP Chris_NP0 Cuomo_NP0 on_PRP his_DPS prime-time_NN1 CNN_NP0 show_NN1 in_PRP April_NP0 and_CJC May_NP0 ._SENT Not_XX0 only_AV0 was_VBD Chris_NP0 the_AT0 New_AJ0 York_NP0 governor_NN1 's_POS brother_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC he_PNP was_VBD also_AV0 fighting_VVG a_AT0 difficult_AJ0 case_NN1 of_PRF COVID-19_NN1 himself_PNX for_PRP much_DT0 of_PRF that_DT0 time_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS the_AT0 White_AJ0 House_NN1 Task_NN1 Force_NN1 was_VBD sidelined_VVN ,_PUN many_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 things_NN2 they_PNP were_VBD working_VVG on_AVP ,_PUN like_PRP a_AT0 plan_NN1 to_TO0 increase_VVI testing_NN1 ,_PUN were_VBD mothballed_VVN ,_PUN and_CJC Chris_NP0 wanted_VVD to_TO0 know_VVI what_DTQ was_VBD going_VVG to_TO0 happen_VVI without_PRP federal_AJ0 oversight_NN1 and_CJC not_XX0 enough_AV0 diagnostic_AJ0 testing_NN1 needed_VVD to_TO0 open_VVI the_AT0 country_NN1 ._SENT On_PRP his_DPS May_NP0 7_CRD show_NN1 ,_PUN I_PNP warned_VVD that_CJT we_PNP were_VBD not_XX0 adequately_AV0 preparing_VVG to_TO0 make_VVI it_PNP through_PRP the_AT0 summer_NN1 and_CJC fall_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP had_VHD chosen_VVN instant_AJ0 gratification_NN1 over_PRP an_AT0 approach_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 solve_VVI the_AT0 problem_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
[_PUL This_DT0 ]_PUR is_VBZ not_XX0 impossible_AJ0 ,_PUN "_PUQ I_PNP said_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP need_VVB a_AT0 little_AJ0 patience_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC we_PNP need_VVB to_TO0 do_VDI the_AT0 real_AJ0 work_NN1 ._SENT You_PNP ca_VM0 n't_XX0 quit_VVI in_PRP the_AT0 middle_NN1 ._SENT You_PNP ca_VM0 n't_XX0 announce_VVI a_AT0 program_NN1 to_TO0 test_VVI people_NN0 like_CJS we_PNP did_VDD three_CRD weeks_NN2 ago_AV0 and_CJC then_AV0 three_CRD weeks_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN when_CJS it_PNP 's_VBZ not_XX0 done_VDN ,_PUN just_AV0 give_VVB up_AVP ._SENT 
But_CJC giving_VVG up_AVP is_VBZ what_DTQ I_PNP saw_VVD everywhere_AV0 ._SENT Rather_AV0 than_CJS follow_VVI the_AT0 guidelines_NN2 Birx_NP0 laid_VVD out_AVP ,_PUN many_DT0 states_NN2 just_AV0 wanted_VVD to_TO0 put_VVI the_AT0 whole_AJ0 thing_NN1 behind_PRP them_PNP like_CJS it_PNP was_VBD a_AT0 bad_AJ0 dream_NN1 ._SENT Republicans_NN2 I_PNP talked_VVD to_PRP ,_PUN including_PRP former_DT0 HHS_NP0 secretary_NN1 Mike_NP0 Leavitt_NP0 and_CJC former_DT0 FDA_NN1 commissioners_NN2 Scott_NP0 Gottlieb_NP0 and_CJC Mark_NP0 McClellan_NP0 ,_PUN told_VVD me_PNP it_PNP was_VBD fairly_AV0 pointless_AJ0 to_TO0 talk_VVI to_PRP most_DT0 Republican_NN1 governors_NN2 about_PRP anything_PNI except_PRP economic_AJ0 growth_NN1 ._SENT My_DPS concern_NN1 was_VBD that_CJT ,_PUN just_AV0 as_CJS I_PNP had_VHD failed_VVN to_TO0 see_VVI New_NP0 York_NP0 's_POS progress_NN1 ,_PUN governors_NN2 would_VM0 fail_VVI to_TO0 see_VVI the_AT0 problem_NN1 until_CJS it_PNP was_VBD too_AV0 late_AJ0 ._SENT I_PNP wrote_VVD on_PRP Twitter_NN1 about_PRP the_AT0 optical_AJ0 illusion_NN1 we_PNP were_VBD about_AVP to_TO0 witness_VVI ,_PUN and_CJC my_DPS tweets_NN2 were_VBD reprinted_VVN by_PRP Medium_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 last_ORD day_NN1 of_PRF April_NP0 :_PUN 
Welcome_VVB to_PRP 30_CRD days_NN2 of_PRF bliss_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 type_NN1 of_PRF bliss_NN1 that_CJT often_AV0 comes_VVZ from_PRP ignorance_NN1 ._SENT Many_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 politicians_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 country_NN1 believe_VVB it_PNP will_VM0 not_XX0 be_VBI possible_AJ0 to_TO0 keep_VVI strict_AJ0 social_AJ0 distancing_NN1 rules_NN2 in_PRP May_NP0 ._SENT They_PNP feel_VVB pressure_NN1 from_PRP a_AT0 small_AJ0 minority_NN1 to_TO0 make_VVI adjustments_NN2 -so_CJS people_NN0 can_VM0 get_VVI haircuts_NN2 ,_PUN gather_VVB on_PRP beaches_NN2 ,_PUN go_VVB to_PRP church_NN1 in_PRP person_NN1 ,_PUN visit_NN1 malls_NN2 ,_PUN etc._AV0 The_AT0 30_CRD days_NN2 will_VM0 be_VBI blissful_AJ0 because_CJS people_NN0 wo_VM0 n't_XX0 pay_VVI the_AT0 price_NN1 for_PRP May_NP0 's_POS experiment_NN1 until_PRP June_NP0 ._SENT But_CJC if_CJS people_NN0 believe_VVB we_PNP are_VBB opening_VVG during_PRP a_AT0 time_NN1 when_AVQ the_AT0 curve_NN1 is_VBZ flat_AJ0 ,_PUN they_PNP are_VBB wrong_AJ0 ._SENT 
We_PNP are_VBB continually_AV0 going_VVG to_TO0 be_VBI looking_VVG at_PRP lagging_VVG data_NN0 ._SENT Today_AV0 we_PNP are_VBB seeing_VVG the_AT0 results_NN2 of_PRF early_AJ0 to_PRP mid-_AJ0 April_NP0 ._SENT If_CJS you_PNP get_VVB infected_VVN today_AV0 ,_PUN at_PRP a_AT0 minimum_NN1 you_PNP 'll_VM0 likely_AV0 experience_VVI 5_CRD infectious_AJ0 days_NN2 without_PRP symptoms_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC 28_CRD infectious_AJ0 days_NN2 without_PRP symptoms_NN2 for_PRP those_DT0 who_PNQ never_AV0 show_VVB them_PNP ._SENT [_PUL Note_VVB :_PUN Subsequent_AJ0 studies_NN2 showed_VVD that_CJT the_AT0 most_AV0 infectious_AJ0 period_NN1 tapered_VVD off_AVP after_PRP approximately_AV0 10_CRD days_NN2 ._SENT ]_PUR Without_PRP tests_NN2 or_CJC contact_VVB tracing_VVG ,_PUN you_PNP can_VM0 infect_VVI many_DT0 people_NN0 before_CJS you_PNP know_VVB it_PNP (_PUL if_CJS you_PNP ever_AV0 know_VVB it_PNP )_PUR ._SENT 
COVID-19_AJ0 hasn_NN1 opped_NN1 being_VBG infectious_AJ0 just_AV0 because_CJS we_PNP 've_VHB socially_AV0 isolated_VVN ._SENT Nothing_PNI magic_AJ0 happened_VVD while_CJS we_PNP were_VBD home_AV0 ._SENT Pick_VVB a_AT0 part_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 country_NN1 that_CJT has_VHZ n't_XX0 done_VDN social_AJ0 distancing_NN1 in_PRP April_NP0 ,_PUN prisons_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 Bureau_NN1 of_PRF Prisons_NN2 just_AV0 tested_VVN 2_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD prisoners_NN2 and_CJC found_VVD 70_CRD %_NN0 tested_VVD positive_AJ0 ._SENT In_PRP addition_NN1 to_PRP being_VBG ashamed_AJ0 ,_PUN we_PNP should_VM0 be_VBI warned_VVN ._SENT The_AT0 virus_NN1 has_VHZ gone_VVN nowhere_AV0 ._SENT It_PNP is_VBZ waiting_VVG us_PNP out_AVP ._SENT 
On_PRP Memorial_NN1 Day_NN1 ,_PUN we_PNP could_VM0 still_AV0 be_VBI looking_VVG at_PRP what_DTQ could_VM0 appear_VVI to_TO0 be_VBI positive_AJ0 data_NN0 that_CJT does_VDZ n't_XX0 account_VVI for_PRP this_DT0 lag_NN1 ._SENT We_PNP might_VM0 even_AV0 view_VVI Memorial_NN1 Day_NN1 as_PRP an_AT0 opportunity_NN1 to_TO0 celebrate_VVI together_AV0 at_PRP beaches_NN2 and_CJC BBQs_NN2 ._SENT I_PNP know_VVB I_PNP would_VM0 like_VVI that_DT0 ._SENT And_CJC while_CJS most_DT0 people_NN0 will_VM0 likely_AV0 remain_VVI cautious_AJ0 ,_PUN there_EX0 's_VBZ an_AT0 increasing_AJ0 number_NN1 of_PRF people_NN0 who_PNQ think_VVB to_PRP themselves_PNX ,_PUN "_PUQ If_CJS someone_PNI dies_VVZ ,_PUN it_PNP probably_AV0 wo_VM0 n't_XX0 be_VBI me_PNP ._SENT I_PNP 'm_VBB healthy_AJ0 and_CJC young_AJ0 ._SENT "_PUQ A_AT0 new_AJ0 analysis_NN1 today_AV0 shows_VVZ people_NN0 dying_AJ0 of_PRF COVID-19_NN1 do_VDB so_AV0 on_PRP average_NN1 10_CRD years_NN2 prematurely_AV0 ._SENT 
The_AT0 Birx_NP0 White_NP0 House_NN1 plan_NN1 called_VVN for_PRP declining_AJ0 cases_NN2 and_CJC testing_VVG and_CJC tracing_VVG ,_PUN but_CJC Trump_VVB and_CJC many_DT0 governors_NN2 of_PRF both_DT0 parties_NN2 do_VDB n't_XX0 want_VVI to_TO0 wait_VVI ._SENT They_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 want_VVI to_TO0 be_VBI the_AT0 bad_AJ0 guys_NN2 ,_PUN do_VDB n't_XX0 want_VVI to_TO0 deliver_VVI an_AT0 uncomfortable_AJ0 message_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 White_AJ0 House_NN1 Task_NN1 Force_NN1 remained_VVD sidelined_VVN and_CJC would_VM0 n't_XX0 publicly_AV0 meet_VVI again_AV0 until_PRP June_NP0 25_CRD ,_PUN a_AT0 full_AJ0 seven_CRD weeks_NN2 after_PRP its_DPS last_ORD meeting_NN1 ._SENT Meanwhile_AV0 ,_PUN Birx_NP0 was_VBD chirping_VVG about_PRP how_AVQ swimmingly_AV0 things_NN2 were_VBD going_VVG ,_PUN but_CJC Ryan_NP0 's_POS Covid_NP0 Exit_NN1 Strategy_NN1 data_NN0 showed_VVD the_AT0 opposite_NN1 ._SENT Who_PNQ was_VBD right_AJ0 ?_SENT States_NP0 would_VM0 require_VVI more_AV0 than_CJS just_AV0 good_AJ0 data_NN0 to_TO0 open_VVI safely_AV0 ._SENT 
