All 50 states are in some stage of reopening their economies but the images of people – many without masks and not social distancing – taking advantage of the holiday weekend alarmed many.

“I think it’s our job as public health officials everyday to be informing the public of what puts them at risk,” Birx said on ABC’s “This Week.” “And we’ve made it clear that there’s asymptomatic spread.

So we really want to be clear all the time that social distancing is absolutely critical,” she said.

She said on “Fox News Sunday” she was “very concerned” about images of people who failed to maintain social distancing.

We know it’s important for people to socially interact, but we also know it’s very important for people to have masks on when they speak … we have to maintain that six-feet difference,” she said.

Mike DeWine (R) also stressed the need for masks in scenarios where social distancing was not possible.

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said while it was important to continue safety precautions, spread would likely abate somewhat with summer weather

That doesn’t mean we can’t go out and start doing things, get back to some semblance of a normal life,” Gottlieb said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “But we need to do things differently, we need to define a new normal