Every state has announced or taken steps to reduce social distancing interventions and in his latest op-ed, BPC's Dr. Anand Parekh outlines how the country can safely reopen the economy without causing a second wave of the coronavirus. The economic lockdown has impacted Social Security trust funds and critical R&D testing needed for energy innovation.

Reopening the economy is a necessity full of promise and peril. It has long been known that economic deprivation poses profound risks to individual and community health. As federal, state, and local officials continue the process of reopening, they must carefully navigate the dual public health imperatives of overcoming COVID-19 and supporting economic recovery.

As states move to reopen their economies, access to safe and healthy child care programs is a necessity for working parents. Parents working from home during COVID-19 are juggling multiple responsibilities, and often lack the support to singly focus on caregiving. BPC is offering parents resources to support positive family mental health and at-home learning opportunities for families under stay-at-home orders.

A new BPC survey found that voters do not believe that the federal government should prioritize using immigration policies to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters were evenly split on whether President Trump's policy to temporarily suspend overseas green card processing would be effective in helping the economic recovery, reflecting Americans’ conflicting views about the role of immigration in today’s economy.