So, in March, most countries closed down and case rate dropped. Now most are reopening, most states here already did, and every one has experienced a rise in cases, and then a peak and decline (Europe has not yet hit the decline phase). This is not at an infection rate anywhere close to typical herd immunity, technically. Even Sweden didn't get there unless we're misreading the number of asymptomatic folks who were undiagnosed by a large factor.
Here in HA we're continuing to drop even as my local assessment of mask wearing suggests we're not doing a very good job here.
I keep saying "we" are missing something big in this. And then there is Sweden. I doubt anyone could have expected this comparison to be this way.
Sweden 574 deaths per million, 8,346 cases per million diagnosed, 1 million tests
Georgia 530 deaths per million, 25,000 cases per million, 2.6 million tests
Georgia has a 30% African American population, no socialized medicine, and more poor folks than Sweden. Three times as many cases and fewer deaths (slightly).
Reopened partially April 23, the earliest of any state that closed down.