If I were the president, I would do this:
This pandemic acts like a ripple effect in the US. The first states are the quickest to lose the ripple, we can end the lockdowns in those states once they lose their case rates (i'm thinking about Washington and Illinois in particular, New York comes to mind but the huge scope of the impact leads me to think it might need a little more time). The ripple spreads to the later states (TX,GA,FL, other rurals) which haven't peaked yet and are still growing exponentially, we will hold the stay at home order on them.
New York comes to your mind? That’s funny. Letting them out is perhaps the worst decision any President could make at this time, aside from crop dusting every city and town with particles containing the virus. They are literally responsible for New Jersey. I wouldn’t consider opening NYC, or its surrounding areas, until at least middle May given that they still add 10K cases each day on top of 150K active ones. I’m fine with Washington, and rural/burbs of Illinois can also be let out, but not Chicago or its surrounding areas.
