way to slow the spread of the virus and prevent thousands, if not millions, of deaths is to keep people at home until modeling shows it's safe to reopen businesses, schools, and public places.

Fox News commentator Melissa Francis argued on Friday that the virus is "everywhere already" in New York and she's "losing faith" in the stay-home orders states have implemented across the country as the economy implodes. She suggested the economic fallout from the lockdown is scarier than the deadly virus itself.

"It does seem like it's spread all over New York, so at this point I don't know about the efficacy of staying inside indefinitely," Francis said on Fox's "Outnumbered." "Who doesn't know 10, 12 people who have it at this point, personally? It has run rampantare affected by some kind of stay-at-home order. State governments have asked residents to shelter in place and go out only for essential services, with the goal of encouraging social distancing, and thereby reducing the spread of the coronavirus and "flattening the curve" so healthcare systems aren't overwhelmed.

But a handful of governors have so far refused to issue statewide stay home orders in their states.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, is frustrated with the lack of a federal mandate and on Thursday said "I don't understand why" the president hasn't issued a nation-wide stay home order.

Many of Fox News' most high-profile hosts and pundits spent weeks in February and March aggressively downplaying the threat posed by the virus and accusing Democrats and the media of