Over 600 Doctors Warn Trump of Consequences of Prolonged Lockdown

Over 600 Doctors Warn Trump of Consequences of Prolonged Lockdown
President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn in Washington, on May 5, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday received a letter from more than 600 doctors urging him to end the “national shutdown” put in place to curb the transmission the CCP virus, calling the nationwide restriction measures a ”mass casualty incident“ with ”exponentially growing health consequences.”

In their letter obtained by Fox News, the doctors state that lockdown measures across the United States could cause “millions of casualties” from homelessness, alcoholism, substance abuse, and suicide.
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