Slavitt recommends following Gottlieb:

Slavitt is Ex-Obama health care head.

Cuomo is another good example. I have yet to see a press conference of his where the Trump trolling of the day that is roiling left social media and punditville even seems to raise his blood pressure. When he gets questions on such things it's almost as if he says "why are you paying attention to the Trump troll character, that's not real, that's just playacting, bread and circuses distraction" often adding that he just got off the phone with real Trump or Pence about this or that real problem and we're working on it. Then he will segue into where the real disagreements are, not the imaginary playacting ones. Never angry, not once that I've seen. Just problems where some people need convincing. 

The less time we spend on propaganda intended to inflame emotions (whether for narcissistic ratings purposes or some other purposes) right now the better.

WaPo version of above: Both public health and politics played a role in Trump’s coronavirus decision

By Ashley Parker, White House reporter, with Josh Dawsey & Yasmeen Abutaleb

is quite long, mentions Lindsey Graham's role too, here's beginning excerpt

In announcing that the country would remain shut down through April because of the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump and his advisers pointed to factors ranging from grim computer models showing millions of potential deaths to the unsettling sight of body bags lined up outside a Queens hospital.

But for Trump, political considerations also played a meaningful role, according to three people familiar with the discussions, speaking on the condition of anonymity to share candid discussions.

Aides and advisers say the president was heavily influenced by briefings from scientific and public health officials, as well as by the stark reality of the virus, including projections of greater deaths depending on what measures the government takes.

But Trump campaign officials and political allies had also briefed the president in recent days about their fears of reopening the economy too soon, arguing that a spike in deaths could be even more politically damaging in November than the current economic downturn [....]