Everything should open. We’re trading a few weeks of intense pain for years of economic depression worse than anything in our nation’s history.
I lean towards this line of thinking. There's already been reports of suicides because people have lost their jobs. Poverty will worsen and with that domestic violence and person-on-person crimes increase. The longer the shutdown goes on the worse this will be.
We have no way to know what is going to happen so no one can concretely say yes or no. Once we have flattened the curve we will still have to continue these practices for some time so we don't go back to ground zero. If we can attain "herd immunity" either by I think 60% of the population having had the virus or by vaccination then it will be safe to move forward. Otherwise we may have to pull up the bootstraps and hunker down a little longer. I am extremely concerned, however, about the long-term effects of this type of environment.
The 'experts' are not sure if the virus will return in the fall or if it will even die out during warmer weather like most strains of the flu.
The flu doesn't die out due to the weather itself but more because people are outside and away from each other. This is why some governors such as Gov. Sununu of NH are recommending people still go outside and hike, walk, bike, etc., as long as they practice social distancing.
