On Sunday, March 22, President Donald Trump tweeted this out:

It is a dangerous tweet in that it insinuates that we might be able to return to our normal lives and get back out working in just a matter of 15 days. To reverse the social-distancing, quarantine, and lockdown mandates would be completely ignorant as to the extent of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

Here are nine reasons it makes no sense to try to return to normal in just 15 days:

1. China is just starting to reopen things like factories and movie theaters.

China has made a lot of progress in fighting COVID-19. The first cases were reported as an "unusual pneumonia" on December 31, according to Al Jazeera. That means it had taken them around two full months to begin to process of reopening things that had been closed due to the disease.

Here in America, we have just really started shutting down essential services. There is no way that 15 days will be enough to reopen these places if that is what Trump decides to do.

2. The United States has more than 30,000 reported cases. New York alone has 15,168 of them.

That's a pretty lofty figure. With how crowded New York City is, it doesn't seem like a two-week lockdown will be enough for cases to be low enough to warrant what Trump is thinking about.

3. Italy is on full lockdown and is seeing unprecedented death rates.

Even while on full lockdown, Italy is facing a major hit from the pandemic. It's frightening to think that places like New York are experiencing high numbers of cases and our president believes we have an opportunity to go back to normal in 15 days. It seems almost unreal and impossible for this to happen.

4. Researchers are unsure when the pandemic will end.

Right now, it's all about "flattening the curve." It's about taking measures to ensure we are not infecting others and being smart and healthy in our lifestyles.

If researchers from Columbia University are unsure when this thing will end, it's pretty safe to say that a 15-day period is an unlikely marker for returning to work and going back to the normal way of life we are accustomed to.

5. People just aren't taking it seriously, like students partying in Florida for spring break.

These kinds of actions will only spread the disease further and further and create even more dire circumstances in our country.

6. We don't have enough tests — unless you're famous or have a ton of money.

If even a handful of people have the disease still because they weren't able to get tested, that could spread it again easily. People need to be tested and until we can get everyone tested or we have a vaccination, we will always risk the disease spreading again.

7. We also don't have enough face masks.

The producers of surgical face masks are struggling, unable to meet the demand we have for them right now.

The CDC has even said that bandanas can be used as face masks in a "last resort" situation. That's how dire the situation is right now.

While face masks aren't enough to stop the spread, they certainly help to limit it in certain settings. And if we don't have enough of them, it's hard to imagine we are doing the best work in the world and will be able to resume activities in record time, knowing China took at least two months to begin the process of getting back to normal.

8. There needs to be a two-week quarantine period for the disease to die.

Fifteen days would be enough time if everyone — 300 million Americans — were to fall in line and obey that quarantine. But we know that's not happening. Places deemed "essential" businesses are remaining opened.

According to the New York Times:

"f it were possible to wave a magic wand and make all Americans freeze in place for 14 days while sitting six feet apart, epidemiologists say, the whole epidemic would sputter to a halt.

The virus would die out on every contaminated surface and, because almost everyone shows symptoms within two weeks, it would be evident who was infected. If we had enough tests for every American, even the completely asymptomatic cases could be found and isolated.

The crisis would be over."

But, if every single American were to not follow this protocol, resuming normal life would have drastic and dire consequences.

9. In a little over a month, global cases have increased by over 300,000. Do we really expect a 15-day period will be sufficient enough?

It just isn't reasonable to think that Americans can rebound as a country in 15 days. Yes, we would all love to be back to normal in 15 days. That would be the ideal scenario, but with so much growth over the past three months, and especially as it has accelerated over the past month and a half, more drastic measures need to be taken.

And most importantly, President Trump needs to make sure we all understand the dire circumstances we are really in. It is irresponsible to insinuate we might be good to go about our normal lives in 15 days because it gives people a false sense of hope.

In reality, the situation is getting worse by the day. And the only hope we have is if we all take it seriously and listen to the experts.