It did in Italy and we damn near got there in NYC. I cheered when the ACOE tore down the Century Link field hospital and sent it packing. It could still come back around with a vengeance and we are not outta the woods yet, but things look really encouraging and we should thank our lucky stars. A month ago I thought we were goners for sure, now not so much. Still, 35K+ dead people in a month is really not a great thing.

I think we should hold the lockdown until May 4th and then slowly re-open more essential services for a month (things like regular health care, barbers / hairdressers, government & legal services etc). If all goes well in May, open a next wave in early June (some corp offices, restaurants, retail etc). Repeat through June, July, August until everything it's back open - but build in the opportunity to go in reverse and start locking down again as needed. I do think big gatherings like concerts, sporting events, big bars / venues, fairs, 4th of July and whatnot do need to stay closed for the summer.

I hope they don't segregate who can do what by whether or not they've been infected or not, otherwise you are going to start seeing "getting sick" parties of idiot Bookface moms and this chit will never go away. A sickness "Scarlet Letter" is really bad JuJu.