Local ICU's are not nearing capacity anywhere. There was never exponential growth of this virus, it all tracked with how other viruses, i.e. the flu, spread every year. Huge spike upward at initial outbreak, with the curve back downward as the virus went through the most vulnerable and weather improved. Note, I'm not saying this is the flu, it's much more serious than that for older people. There have been numerous data analyses that come to the conclusion that the lockdowns did nothing to stop the spread other than make people feel better about themselves. Forcing people to stay in confined areas with one another is no way to stop the spread of a virus. The only factor in the huge spread of the virus in NY, NJ and Michigan was those governors' decisions to send positive patients back into nursing homes. They were basing decisions on models that had their hospitals being overrun. None of which ended up happening, with the only result being way more old people died in nursing homes due to Covid positive patients being forced back into those environments.
This is from the "outbreak" in North Carolina. States continue to ramp up their testing. So we get more cases. The only thing that matters at this point are hospitalizations and deaths. Make sure we have hospital capacity to handle those who need that care. Have people practice hygiene and do things like not go to work if they are sick.
If you go to a restaurant that is not practicing what you think to be safe standards, leave. But protests have been happening for 2 weeks in major US cities with thousands of people packed together. Based on what we've been told, the bodies should be piling up in morgues due to lack of social distancing. The fact that is not the case tells us that we need to live our lives and not hole up like it's the end of civilization. Elderly and those with auto-immune conditions, yes, stay protected. Rest of America needs to get on with living.