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> Restaurants have sparser seating arrangement to keep people apart.

Here's people packed in like sardines on buses. No masks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fevjBA-qq7M

Here's a normal mall shopping experience happening in Sweden, no masks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JbSbxIhZp8

Everything about Sweden's strategy is just common sense voluntary recommendations (work from home if possible) and there are no penalties:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqjorS3oYlk

> Schools being kept open in the belief that it is actually a net benefit. Not being a significant contributor to the spread while parents are freed up to do important work. It’s been the goal all along to keep health care capacity above demands.

I agree with that and wish more people were thinking this way in the U.S.

> Last I heard it is still believed that there is no scientific basis supporting masks as an effective measure, if beneficial at all. (It’s often mention with a reiteration that the primary measure for any person with symptoms is to stay at home)

I believe this is correct. Masks only work in sterile environments and only if they are truly medical grade. I see people sniffling all over their masks and they are probably hosting tons of bacteria for the wearer. And people touch them and then touch other things.