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The president spent March 22 leaning hard into a reopening message even as the coronavirus crisis was still accelerating, putting the White House on a collision course with public-health officials and governors trying to slow the spread. The gap between political urgency and epidemiological reality was the story.
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The president spent March 22 leaning hard into a reopening message even as the coronavirus crisis was still accelerating, putting the White House on a collision course with public-health officials and governors trying to slow the spread. The gap between political urgency and epidemiological reality was the story.
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