My oped today: @realDonaldTrump & @Mike_Pence need advisors on the #CoronaVirus task force that focus not just on the virus, but on the extraordinary impact on our health & safety of societal & economic shutdown: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-chip-roy-america-should-remember-to-fight-despair-coronavirus (1/5)

“...our goal should be to pursue a comprehensive path to overcome the pandemic with the least amount of total overall human harm. The president should add to the Coronavirus Task Force ranks a group of economists, criminologists, psychologists, sociologists and primary... (2/5)

...care doctors to focus on the second-order implications of our response to the virus. These experts could examine the consequences of 20 to 30 percent unemployment and financial chaos on addiction, mental health, domestic violence and related issues. They could monitor... (3/5)

...the raw value of the current shutdown’s impact on our economy, and examine how those effects might ripple through our society and affect Americans’ health. By giving the president’s Coronavirus Task Force a broader perspective, this group could hopefully offer... (4/5)

...constructive solutions to avoid the adverse effects of our effort to fight the virus. Such an approach would help clarify the importance of plotting a path back to normal as soon as possible to restore confidence and hope in the American people.” (5/5)