I think it comes down to this. I have been doing a great deal of reading and statistical analysis. Right now there are only a handful of states that are trending in the right direction…Remember…this is not overall numbers but trends.
They are, according to covidexitstrategy.org
Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, D.C., Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. These states are making progress toward getting through this overall.
These states are trending better than all others:
Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, These are based on the number of decreasing positive daily test numbers, ability to handle new cases medically, for instance, Illinois has been rated trending better, while Indiana has a higher daily decrease in cases…but Illinois has a larger overall decrease in positive cases. But Indiana has a higher rate of decrease in overall COVID rate. But has fewer ICU beds available to COVID patients…because they have about 60 % of ICU beds being used by non COVID patients…so this lowers our rating in Indiana to making Progress.
I will try to post a workable link so you all can see the full site.
In conclusion, I think it comes down to the more dense population centers need to really work on continuing to socially distance, wear masks and stay out of crowded public spaces as much as possible…in those areas…for the rest of us, I think things are loosening up well, I still wear my mask, because I care about others, I work in health care, and I do it to protect my wife.
The overall thought still remains that me wearing a mask protects you, you wearing a mask protects me. Caring about each other is such a simplistic way, seems simple to do. Masks can come off when all 50 states start to be trending downward and staying that way like Illinois. I don’t know why others don’t want to wear a mask in public. THE E.U. has proven that wearing the mask has mitigated their outbreak quite well. While we have 30 of 50 states continuing to have outbreaks and spread the virus. It’s so simple…why wouldn’t everyone wear a mask when in public?