In Virginia, we could open up 90% of our counties and cities, leaving nothing more than a 50% rule for occupancy, and requiring seats free at ball games, theaters, and churches.
Our first major outbreak was in James City. They have pretty much quashed it, having only 1 or 2 cases at most in the last week or so. Virginia beach also suppressed what looked like an outbreak.
Fairfax is hopeless, and the hispanic portions of Prince William are getting overrun because they live in multiple-family dwellings and don’t have a good grasp of social distancing.
I live in Virginia. There’s nothing going on in the western part of the state. I count five counties with truly nothing, if you look at: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/virginia-coronavirus-cases.html
As you said, it’s NOVA, plus Richmond and the Norfolk area. We have the Canterbury Rehab Center in western Henrico with 46 dead now. I believe they’ve set a fatality record for a nursing facility.
I’m hoping that Ralph Northam will reconsider his June 10 date. I believe he based that on the https://covid19.healthdata.org graph that used to have Virginia peaking on May 20. Now we’re supposed to peak on April 26 according to the graph. FWIW, you can try emailing the governor.