Donald Trump is acting irresponsibly, putting the lives of the American people in jeopardy by not providing adequate testing for the novel coronavirus, according to former secretary of state John Kerry.

Dr Sanjay Gupta, CNN's longtime medical correspondent, is among those voicing concern over Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to begin to begin reopening the state within days.

Facebook--the social media giant which has been at the center of such wide-ranging scandals as the Russian campaign to interfere with the 2016 US presidential election to the effort to distribute a so-called "deepfake" of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi which made her appear intoxicated--has taken action to remove posts which promote the protests around the United States challenging the lockdown conditions in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to company chief Mark Zuckerberg.

We're about to see that, when it comes to loosening the extreme lockdown conditions gripping the United States as a result of the novel coronavirus outbreak, that there's a right way to do things and a wrong way. We can only hope and pray that the wrong way doesn't end in tragic results.

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As the novel coronavirus, and the COVID-19 disease, continues to spread throughout the United States, making New York its epicenter with more than 10,000 deaths, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately clarify its plan to address the lack over oversight and inspection of the American food supply system – to restore peace of mind to millions of consumers.

Vice President Mike Pence, during an interview on Fox News Sunday, stated that China and the World Health Organization (WHO) have failed to effectively communicate about the coronavirus pandemic.

Donald Trump wants to be seen as a leader and a statesman, carrying his nation through this national emergency. But by stoking the protesters across the country who are challenging the lockdown and social distancing measures in place to deal with the spread of the novel coronavirus, Trump actually will have blood on his hands.

Donald Trump, pockets of protesters around the country, and others are clamoring for the United States to be "reopened" from the severe lockdown conditions it's been under to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, but that won't happen until individual testing for the virus ramps up dramatically.

Since Donald Trump has left the roadmap for moving forward with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and the eventual lifting of the extreme lockdown and social distancing measures to the individual states, New York Gov Andrew Cuomo said his immediate concern is to stabilize the finances of the states.