In the Senate, the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), will go into quarantine in his home state “out of an abundance of caution” after one of his aides tested positive.

The fallout from the coronavirus reaching the White House and the Senate will collide Tuesday: Alexander will chair a hearing on the virus remotely, and all four of the Trump administration health officials invited will participate remotely or with extra precautions because they came into contact with someone with the virus while at work. That includes Fauci, whose spokesperson said working at home sometimes will be part of his response to making sure he’s not infected. The topic of the hearing: going back to work and school.

All of this is despite routine rapid testing in the White House and precautions by Senate officials to keep people as far apart as possible. The Senate does not have tests for all its lawmakers and staff — congressional leaders rejected an offer, saying front-line workers needed it more. Though, as the House prepares to return next week, the D.C. mayor said the city could offer tests for members of Congress and their staff.

Still some got the virus, forcing more people back into their homes.

Which raises the question: How can it be safe for the average American business without such testing capabilities or room to put such protocols in place reopen its doors? A majority of states have started at least a partial reopening, despite the fact that there isn’t nearly sufficient testing to monitor everyone who wants to get back to work. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has prepared detailed guidance for how businesses — from retailers to day cares — could reopen in phases, but even as states open up, its release has been held up by the White House, which is concerned that the recommendations could be too heavy-handed.

Meanwhile, Republicans in the Senate are implicitly acknowledging more people will get sick as they warn that businesses are worried about lawsuits from employees or customers who go into a store and get infected.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked about all of this Friday. “Why should the average American, whose workplace doesn’t have access to these rapid tests, feel comfortable going to work if the White House isn’t even safe?” the Associated Press’s Zeke Miller asked.

The answer he got mirrored Trump’s strategy: plow forward with reopening.

“As America reopens safely, the White House is continuing to operate safely,” McEnany said.

Trump has been warned before by advisers that he will own the deaths, politically speaking, if the country reopens too soon. That played a role in him backing off a goal to reopen by Easter, reports The Washington Post’s Ashley Parker.

He introduced a phased reopening plan putting the onus on governors to decide when to reopen. That could mean the governors would take the blame if things go badly and take the credit if things go well.

As cases nationwide have plateaued, but not gone down, it’s become clear that reopening any time soon would require a grim calculation: Letting people resume living their lives more outside the home will almost certainly mean more sickness and possibly more death. Trump has acknowledged this. “Will some people be affected? Yes,” he said last week. “Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But we have to get our country open, and we have to get it open soon.”

“It is scary to go to work,” White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Sunday, a quote that is reverberating. He said he would still show up, and his reasoning: “People have to step up and serve their country.” Pence also will go to work despite his spokeswoman testing positive.

That the White House and the Senate have to worry about their own outbreaks won’t help assuage the public’s concerns about health and safety as their states and workplaces open.