“But why can’t non-essential people be committed to safe cohabitation?”

Perhaps they can. We will find out. As I said, the lock-downs were never meant to be permanent. The CDC guidelines for reopening — the ones Trump ignored — assume reopening and, presumably, safe cohabitation.

People who wax eloquent about how the public will behave should watch just one episode of Judge Judy and report back on whether any of the litigants would make a good neighbor, voter, or cohabitant. That’s who’s out there. Not at your house, and not at mine, but then, we’re elites. I’m not sure our projections count.