"Flatten the curve" was built on the premise of keeping infection (and eventually hospitalization) rates low to not overwhelm the healthcare system. Since enac

"Flatten the curve" was built on the premise of keeping infection (and eventually hospitalization) rates low to not overwhelm the healthcare system. Since enacting social distancing, closures, etc we have two bits of good news: a) outside of NYC (half of the US cases), no one was overwhelmed and b) the infection -> hospitalization rate is way lower than projected. Either one of those make the case that we can loosen things a little. School shouldn't go back into session, dance clubs shouldn't open, but going shopping for "non-essentials" should be considered as long as patrons can respect social distancing policies and the stores are sanitizing things well. There are still risks no matter what but there is no "risk free" situation in reality.