Letter to the editor: When will risk be low enough?

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Letter to the editor: When will risk be low enough?

Tribune-Review | Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:00 a.m.

A framework for reopening was offered by the federal government to the states based on a decreasing number of new coronavirus cases over a 14-day period. I haven’t seen a trigger number for this process to begin. There should be a certain number of cases that allow health officials to determine that the risk is low enough to start looking at the downward trend. For example, seeing a change from 2,000 cases to 1,500 cases over 14 days doesn’t give one confidence that the situation is under control.

Charles E. Merroth

Beechview

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