Do family groups or even groups of friends gathering at the beach pose a major threat of a new spike? I'm a lot more worried about indoor transmission.

Since we're in it for the long haul, people need to be able socialize somehow. Outdoors seems good.

Am I missing something? https://twitter.com/bozzie_t/status/1303067401496539136

I'm all for wearing masks in those situations, taking every reasonably hygiene precaution, not congregating in large groups, etc.

But a short sharp absolute lockdown didn't work. I'd think it's time for harm reduction combined with masks, testing, work-from-home, etc.

To be clear, the short sharp lockdown didn't work because we didn't have buy-in nationwide, not because it doesn't work in principle. It worked very well in many parts of the work.

Here in the US, neither leaders nor a large part of the populace were on board.

Also: photographs can be mislead. https://twitter.com/callin_bull/status/1257397309425561607