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(06-16-2020 08:57 AM)Bruce Monnin Wrote:  Sounds like Illinois is about 3 weeks behind Ohio's timeline.

Most places in Ohio have some spacing requirements (capacity is down in restaurants) and have employees who interface with the public wearing masks. Customers generally don't have to (with exceptions like medical buildings). I imagine nursing homes are still fairly locked down.

More than 3 weeks. That implies that 3 weeks from now, Illinois will be where Ohio is now.

Illinois is currently in Phase 3 of a 5-phase reopening plan until at least the end of the month. Illinois says it will remain in phase 4 ("requiring" facemasks in all public places & capacity limits on most non-manufacturing businesses) until there is a, "Vaccine, effective and widely available treatment, or the elimination of new cases over a sustained period of time through herd immunity or other factors."

I have only spoken about coronavirus with two experts. Both think it is plausible that none of these three conditions will be satisfied for many years. One thinks the most likely outcome is that none of the three conditions will ever be met.