8 weeks ago it was a need to Shelter in Place to "Flatten the Curve" so we do not overwhelm the health care system. That has been done pretty much across the country.
What is the new "goal" now if we are not opening up the economy? Are we trying to drive daily new cases and deaths to zero? That is not going to happen without out a complete shutdown / lock-down for 4-6 weeks and a complete destruction of the economy.
Well, the first goal has not been accomplished at this point - cases are still rising at an unacceptable level (doubling every 10 days).
But once the curve is 'flattened' (R0<=1), the goal is to keep the R0 at that level or lower - to stop the curve from spiking again. That means that restrictions can be eased IF proper precautions are bought in on and taken by everyone.
I think that the majority of people understand that there is a new normal and that gatheriings with a lot of closely spaced people is not a good idea. But the vast majority of our day-to-day activities do not fall in that category. These things could be occuring with some new hygeine protocols with the understanding that individual locations / areas could be placed on shelter-in-place / quarintine to address hot spots.
Based on reporting and discussion here, I don't think it is widely agreed that the new normal you describe is necessary. There are large gatherings of people, there are not people wearing masks, there are not people spacing as necessary.
My other concern with prematurely "re-opening" is what we've seen in somewhere like Wapello county. When the Governor "re-opened" it 5 days ago it was at 10 positive cases. Now it's at 108 (in a county of 33k, that's the 15th most in the state per pop).
But there's no criteria to "close" those counties that have spiked after the closure (note: it's not because it closed, these are cases from before that occurred). But there are other counties that will spike because the restrictions are eased as well. But there is no going back - no counties or areas will be "re-closed". You only get one bite at the stay-in-place restrictions. So everyone needs to be careful about "re-opening"