唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，在周四白宫举行的冠状病毒特别工作组会议上，他的政府可能会将社交距离的指导方针从春季延长至初夏。今年3月，特朗普表示，该指导方针将一直实施到4月30日。
最近几天，美国各州州长已经开始计划通过分阶段的方式在他们的州重新开设企业，这种方式将社会距离协议作为让员工回到工作岗位的标准。尽管最近的数据显示冠状病毒病例在夏季可能会下降，但特朗普表示，指导方针将继续“直到我们觉得安全为止”
“我们要看看[冠状病毒在哪里，”总统说。“我想人们会知道的。你会知道的。我会知道的。我认为人们将会仅仅出于常识而知道。在某种程度上，我们不必这样做。但在我们感到安全之前，我们将继续扩展。”
特朗普发表上述言论之前，美国国土安全部科技司司长比尔·布赖恩(Bill Bryan)做了一次演讲。布莱恩说阳光有可能在几秒钟内杀死病毒，但是他否认温暖的天气会完全阻止冠状病毒的想法。他说，建议这样的事情是“不负责任的”，并补充说夏天并不意味着“人人自由”
“我不会违背现在发布的指导，”布莱恩继续说道。“我想告诉你，如果我要和家人一起参加活动，我会在车道上或后院进行，而不是在房子里。”
唐纳德·特朗普总统周四表示，社交距离准则可能会延长至夏季。
尽管总统没有证实他会延长指导方针，但他在过去说过，他依靠公共卫生顾问来做出这样的决定。
“我听取了专家的意见，”特朗普在3月份表示。“我们有[·安东尼·弗西博士。如你所知，我们有黛博拉·比克斯，他太棒了。”
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特朗普此前曾声称，冠状病毒大流行将在天气转暖时开始减弱，他在2月份表示，“一般来说，高温会杀死这种病毒。”今年3月，特朗普表示，到6月初，“死亡人数将非常低”。
对一些美国人来说，社会距离准则的延伸可能不是一个受欢迎的发展。在一些州，抗议者聚集起来呼吁结束社会距离。
密歇根州州长格雷琴·惠特默在4月份告诉MSNBC主持人雷切尔·玛多，她所在州的抗议活动让州官员“在这种情况下，我们可能不得不考虑延长在家办公的命令，这应该是他们抗议的内容。”
然而，特朗普已经表示支持抗议者。“他们似乎是像我一样的抗议者，”他说。“他们都想开。没有人想保持关闭，但他们想安全地打开。”
TRUMP SAYS FEDERAL CORONAVIRUS SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES MAY BE EXTENDED BEYOND EARLY SUMMER
President Donald Trump said his administration may extend the guidelines for social distancing past spring and into early summer at Thursday's coronavirus task force meeting from the White House. In March, Trump said the guidelines would be in place until April 30.
In recent days, governors across the U.S. have started planning for the reopening of businesses in their states through phased approaches that feature social distancing protocols as a criterion for getting employees bak to work. Although recent data has indicated that coronavirus cases could decline during the summer, Trump said the guidelines would continue "until we feel it's safe."
"We'll have to see where [coronavirus] is," the president said. "I think people are going to know. You're going to know. I'm going to know. I think people are going to know just out of common sense. At some point we won't have to do that. But until we feel it's safe we're going to be extending."
Trump's remarks came after a presentation from Bill Bryan, head of the science and technology directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. Bryan said that sunlight could potentially kill the virus in seconds, but rejected the idea that warm weather would completely stop coronavirus. It's "irresponsible" to suggest such a thing, he said, adding that summer does not mean "a free for all."
"I would not go contrary to the guidance that has been issued right now," Bryan continued. "I think though to tell you if I'm having an event with my family, I'm doing it in the driveway or the back yard, not inside the house."
President Donald Trump said Thursday social distancing guidelines may be extended into the summer.
Although the president did not confirm that he would extend the guidelines, he has said in the past that he relies on public health advisers to make such decisions.
"I listened to experts," Trump said in March. "We have Dr. [Anthony] Fauci. We have, as you know, we have Deborah Birx, who's fantastic."
Newsweek reached out to the CDC for comment.
Trump has previously claimed that the coronavirus pandemic would start to wane during warmer weather, saying in February that "the heat generally speaking kills this kind of virus." In March, Trump said that "the death will be at a very low number" by the beginning of June.
An extension of social distancing guidelines may not come as a welcome development to some Americans. In some states, protesters have gathered to call for the end of social distancing.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in April that protests in her state place state officials "in this situation where we might have to actually think about extending stay-at-home orders, which is supposedly what they are protesting."
Trump, however, has voiced his support of the protesters. "They seem to be protesters that like me," he said. "They all want to open. Nobody wants to stay shut, but they want to open safely."
