I find the argument that the whole world not just America is on lockdown rather silly. Do those who use that think only Americans can be fooled?
To this day I don’t understand the significance of new cases without more data. Are they asymptomatic, mild symptoms, gravely ill? If a person has 1 positive test then is required by maybe a hospital to test again, is this counted as 1 positive case or 2! Too much unknown to have confidence.
It's a pandemic which means (pan = all) (Demos = people) exposed no exceptions. All people in the infected area have been exposed meaning our immunity system has killed already. That can be from our innate(passive) or adaptive immune system(antibodies)
The objective of the masks was to attempt to get a low dose of the virus. Quarantine is the only way to avoid to not get infected that time was passed in November/December last year.
All pandemics come in waves. This will be the third wave (October through December was the first unofficially) We've been through the second wave. Next wave most people have been immunized in the US already if they know it or not.
I've warn masks for 20 years in crowded areas on planes and such much like the Japanese do. it's freaking stupid to lower your CO2 levels intentionally for extended periods of time but in specific locations it will reduce your viral load. A large dose is what will get you sick.
Historically a pandemic come waves has always been the first wave is weak. The second wave is always the strongest third wave and on get weaker and weaker until everyone is immunized or enough people immunized for it not to spread much(herd immunity.) Depending on the incubation time is the variance between waves.
So far using CDC figures (mostly manipulated) Covid-19 is the forth worst pandemic to hit the US.
Personally I'm cautious. But not afraid. Vitamin C is the key. The bathroom including the air is where most of us been exposed to this virus as disgusting as that sounds.