[Genuine Realist]

"I don't think the failure to bring the curve down is based on a political statement or a "don't tread on me" attitude. Yes, such people exist. However, the vast majority of the problem is IMHO people who just don't get it or that get it and just don't care."

I think the don't tread on me attitude goes hand in hand with the just don't care attitude. And I think it is often political. 

In my small part of the Bay Area, compliance with social distancing and mask wearing is amazingly universal. My wife and I went to the farmer's market in Montclair Village (Oakland) today and I did not see a single person without a mask on. Even the little kids had them on - although most people did not have their kids there. All of the restaurants were allowing one customer at a time to come in and pick up their orders. One restaurant had outdoor tables - very far apart. Same story in Rite Aid - everyone with a mask, everyone keeping their distance. Maybe it's just my neighborhood. I'm not sure. I was sure happy to see that everyone cared about their neighbors. 

Universal social distancing in Mountain View is also the norm, in closed settings. (Outdoors is a different thing.) I believe that is likely the case throughout Santa Clara County. And yet the cases continue to rise after the partial reopening. Why?

It certainly isn't due to any affection for Trump of the example he sets. This isn't Trump country, to put it mildly. Open hostility to authority of the 'don't tread on me' type also is not the type of open resistance you encounter around here. Yet I do believe the countercultural anti-authoritarianism that is a fact of life in Silicon Valley is a species of that type. 

Possibly the rise is just the mild spike that's inevitable with more social contact. We can hope so. Or possibly the virus is more contagious than anyone guessed, in which case real problems lie ahead.

The main point to me is that returning to ultra lockdown is not socially or politically possible. We are going to have to look for tightened regulations of social distancing among those business enterprises that can be regulated, and continue on that path.

[Genuine Realist]

"I don't think the failure to bring the curve down is based on a political statement or a "don't tread on me" attitude. Yes, such people exist. However, the vast majority of the problem is IMHO people who just don't get it or that get it and just don't care."

I think the don't tread on me attitude goes hand in hand with the just don't care attitude. And I think it is often political. 

In my small part of the Bay Area, compliance with social distancing and mask wearing is amazingly universal. My wife and I went to the farmer's market in Montclair Village (Oakland) today and I did not see a single person without a mask on. Even the little kids had them on - although most people did not have their kids there. All of the restaurants were allowing one customer at a time to come in and pick up their orders. One restaurant had outdoor tables - very far apart. Same story in Rite Aid - everyone with a mask, everyone keeping their distance. Maybe it's just my neighborhood. I'm not sure. I was sure happy to see that everyone cared about their neighbors. 

Universal social distancing in Mountain View is also the norm, in closed settings. (Outdoors is a different thing.) I believe that is likely the case throughout Santa Clara County. And yet the cases continue to rise after the partial reopening. Why?

It certainly isn't due to any affection for Trump of the example he sets. This isn't Trump country, to put it mildly. Open hostility to authority of the 'don't tread on me' type also is not the type of open resistance you encounter around here. Yet I do believe the countercultural anti-authoritarianism that is a fact of life in Silicon Valley is a species of that type. 

Possibly the rise is just the mild spike that's inevitable with more social contact. We can hope so. Or possibly the virus is more contagious than anyone guessed, in which case real problems lie ahead.

The main point to me is that returning to ultra lockdown is not socially or politically possible. We are going to have to look for tightened regulations of social distancing among those business enterprises that can be regulated, and continue on that path.