One thing we need to seriously think about is what kind of behavior is needed to open state quarantines, without massive failures and reinstatement of quarantines. One of those will be that everybody will have to wear masks in public. This is going to have to have some very compelling incentives. We have some people who see this as a freedom issue, but masks don't protect you. They prevent you from spreading the virus to other people. So these are not brave freedom fighters, as they see themselves. They are actually sociopaths trying to kill you!

Stores could be extremely safe places, if EVERYBODY wore masks at all times. That includes stockers working graveyard shift. Virus on surfaces degrades within a few days, so grocery items could auto-decontaminate just by sitting in a warehouse and then on store shelves. But stores will need to have a strict MASKED ONLY policy, with real teeth. Like immediately kicking people out if they don't have masks or they drop their masks. People who see masks as fascism could just take their business elsewhere, but then change their behavior when they find that no stores will let them in without a mask. Hunger is a strong incentive.

Looking at protesters in the news, the fact that they are not wearing masks is great evidence that the state is not ready to eliminate their restrictions. Everybody out in public spaces has to be wearing a mask. Then and only then can that state open back up. If that takes state laws or public health arrests, then that's what we need. Otherwise the infection rate is going to shoot back up again.

We need a big experiment: Some states will require masks and some won't. When the unmasked state rates rise exponentially, it will be clear. Not wearing a mask fits the legal definition of manslaughter.