it's asinine to think that the protests aren't having an effect on the spike.
it's equally asinine to think states opening up also isn't having an effect.
it also seems most people have forgotten what the quarantine's purpose is/was. it never was to rid us of the virus, only to slow the spread, "flatten the curve". it was always expected a huge number of people will get it, we just didn't need them all to get it at once. whether or not we've flattened it enough to open up, i don't have a clue. but anyone thinking we should stay bunkerred down until it passes completely, has lost it. at some point, we have to move on with life. me and my wife/family are trying to navigate that with wisdom, which is insanely hard.