Any easing of the current lockdown will just lead to an even bigger ignoring of any new rules. The risk is that groups will gather(especially religious ones) where one person can and has in examples around the world, infect a couple of dozen others at a time.
South Korea
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“Patient 31,” as she became known, was a member of a secretive church which Deputy Minister for Health and Welfare Kim Gang-lip said has since linked to 61% of cases. Infections spread beyond the congregation after the funeral of a relative of the church’s founder was held at a nearby hospital, and there were several other smaller clusters around the country.
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US
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — With the coronavirus quickly spreading in Washington state in early March, leaders of the Skagit Valley Chorale debated whether to go ahead with weekly rehearsal.
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Sixty singers showed up. A greeter offered hand sanitizer at the door, and members refrained from the usual hugs and handshakes.
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Nearly three weeks later, 45 have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or ill with the symptoms, at least three have been hospitalized, and two are dead.
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A very important thing to take away from the US example is this:-
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In interviews with the Los Angeles Times, eight people who were at the rehearsal said that nobody there was coughing or sneezing or appeared ill.
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How many other examples around the world have involved coughing or sneezing? I've seen no mention. Sneezing isn't listed as a symptom and coughing symptom is a dry cough, not a wet one.
Simply breathing in the air somebody else has just breathed out is the problem. Calmly breathing in and out through the nose is obviously the least problem. Breathing in/out in a more forceable manner from shouting, singing, exercising(eg jogging), laughing, and to a lesser extent simply talking is the problem. There's not a mysterious aura surrounding people, like from wearing too much perfume or after shave.
So my personal advice is to talk, etc in a direction away from everybody or from a greater distance than 2m. At the very least it can't harm to do that.