Seemingly making a case against the social distancing advice of health experts, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., says, if you are healthy, skip the local grocery lines and go have a beer at your local pub.
"If you're healthy — you and your family — it's a great time to just go out, go to a local restaurant," Nunes told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" with Maria Bartiromo. "Likely you can get in easily.
"Let's not hurt the working people in this country that are relying on wages and tips to keep their small business going. Just don't run to the grocery store and buy, you know, $4,000 of food. Go to your local pub."
Nunes says his advice does not mean those who are potentially contagious should put others at risk, especially our vulnerable senior citizens.
"Number one, if you're sick, at all, be smart: Stay away from people," he said. "Number two, if you know someone that is senior, or if you have an underlying health condition especially with your lungs, you are at high risk.
"So, we need to focus all of our energy on our senior population with underlying health concerns. There is no reason, Maria, for the American people to be running to the grocery store to buy 27 packs of toilet paper."
Doctors have advised President Donald Trump to promote social distancing, which will keep masses of people at a safer distance from others in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus and keep the infection rate at something that is more manageable by the U.S. healthcare system.
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