@Seven
Here's an interesting ariticle about Sweden's approach.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/sweden-sticks-to-its-guns-as-coronavirus-cases-rise
What I thought was interesting was the fact that 80% of Swedes had modified their behavior without official orders limiting/closing facilities, and the wonderful statement "There's nothing that forces you, but Swedes are like that you know, they follow (rules)."
So Seven, my hypothesis, is that countries like Sweden may have a strong social/cultural identification that everyone is really on same team; and when people are told "Hey, it helps if you wear a mask when indoors or near others", then people voluntarily do what is necessary for public health without strong orders/lockdowns.
But, I'm humble enough to admit I could be wrong.
Anyway, we are back to over 1000 dead in USA everyday, and we have a large number of people who believe that wearing masks is part of some totalitarian/socialist conspiracy to deprive them of their freedom, so if things continue the way they are going, we could easily have another 100K Americans dead by Jan 2021. On top of that we have a very large number of people who I would characterize as "Covid Death Denialists", who articulate (I guess they actually believe it), that the number of people dying from Covid19 is vastly overstated.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/hospitals-full-parts-idaho-refuse-mask-rules-73781574