Yes, the same to you: thank you for engaging with me and thinking carefully about what the data--poor though they may be--might mean. I'm more reconciled to th

Yes, the same to you: thank you for engaging with me and thinking carefully about what the data--poor though they may be--might mean. I'm more reconciled to the idea of "ending lockdown", and would characterize my position as one of guarded reluctance, especially until such a time that medical and public infrastructure can provide widespread testing. That said, I think the value of our discussion is more intellectual than practical given the data are secondhand, the data are unreliable, we are not medical experts, even medical experts disagree, and much remains unknown and unknowable about how the coronavirus epidemic will mitigate or exacerbate in response to human behavior. That said, perhaps you might find the current Federal guidelines for reopening economies interesting if not heartening. [0] I found two things especially interesting: 1) the articulation of criteria for assessing whether, 2) the outline of a phased approach to reopening. [0] https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/