I think was a very, very productive meeting.

I also spoke with our nation's governors this afternoon.

We're announcing new guidelines for every American to follow over the next 15 days as we come back.

The virus each and every one of us has a critical role to play in stopping the spread and transmission of the virus.

It's important for the young and healthy people to understand that while they may experience milder cinders symptoms, they can easily spread this virus and they will spread it, indeed, putting countless others in harm's way.

We especially where about our senior citizens, the guidelines of the task force, the new modeling conducted by Dr Berks and our consultation with governors.

We've made the decision to further tough in the guidelines and blunt the infection.

Now we'd much rather be ahead of the curve than behind it, and that's what we are.

Therefore, my administration is recommending that all Americans, including the young and healthy, work to engage in schooling from home when possible, avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating and drinking in bars, restaurants and public food courts.

If everyone makes this, uh, change or these critical changes and sacrifices now we will rally together as one nation and we will defeat the virus and we're going thio.

I have a big celebration altogether.

Also pleased to report today that a vaccine candidate has begun the Phase One clinical trial.

This is one of the fastest vaccine development launches in history, not even close.

We're also racing to develop anti viral therapies and other treatments that we've had some promising results early results but promising to reduce the severity and the duration of the center of the symptoms.

And I have to say that our government is prepared to do whatever it takes.

Whatever it takes, we're doing really want to focus on.

If you are sick, no matter who you are, please stay home.

If someone in your household is diagnosed with this virus, the entire household should quarantine in the house to prevent spread of the virus to others.

When you're dealing with an emerging infectious diseases outbreak, you are always behind where you think you are.

If you think that today reflects where you really are, So take a look at the guidelines, read them carefully, and we hope that the people of the United States will take them very seriously because they will fail if people don't adhere to them.

We have tohave as a whole country cooperate and collaborate to make sure these get done market took another hit today.

Is the U.

S.

Economy heading into a recession?

Well, it may be.

We're not think in terms of recession.

We're thinking in terms of the virus.

Once we stop, I think there's a tremendous pent up demand, both in terms of the stock market in terms of the economy.

And once this goes away, once it goes through and we're done with it, I think you're going to see a tremendous a tremendous search.

I said, Mr President, of Americans today and looking forward or living with so much anxiety and so much fear facing uncertainty right now I'm curious.

How are you talking your own family about this?

How are you talking to your youngest son?

Do you empathize with this sense of anxiety?

People are really scared.

No, I think they are very scared.

I think they see that we're doing a very professional job.

We've been working with the governors and the frankly, the mayors, local government at every level.

But I think that I think that what we do and I've spoken actually with my son, he says.

How bad is this?

It's bad, it's bad, but we're going thio We're going to be hopefully a best case, not a worst case and that's what we're working for looking any domestic travel restrictions?

I know that's been on the table before, but that arming up, it'll we're not really We hope we don't have to stay way.

Think that?

Uh, hopefully we won't have to do that, But it's certainly something that we talk about every day.

We haven't made that decision, Mr.

President.

The other day you said that you were not responsible for the testing shortfall.

Very simple question.

Does the buck stops with you and on a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate your response to this crisis?

I'd read it a 10.

I think we've done a great job and it started with the fact that we kept Avery highly infected country despite all of the even the professionals saying Now it's too early to do that.

We were very, very early with respect to China, and we would have a whole different situation in this country.

If we didn't do that, I would rate it a very, very I would rate ourselves and the professionals.

I think the professionals have done a fantastic job.