The US as a whole hasn't really turned the corner yet.
Coronavirus cases are still at or near their peak in about half of US states.
fivethirtyeight.com/features/coron…
Coronavirus cases are still at or near their peak in about half of US states.
fivethirtyeight.com/features/coron…
I *am* trying to account for testing volume here, which is a lot of work. If you look at the estimated share of positive tests, it's still increasing in many places, or at least it was as of a few days ago. 
There definitely *are* success stories, foremost among them New York, Louisiana and Michigan. But in the average US state, it's not clear whether we're currently getting R<1.
Also, some of the success stories have factors that aren't easily replicated elsewhere. If ~20-25% of the NYC population had COVID-19, then herd immunity will knock down R somewhat, but that's not how you'd want to knock down R. Hot weather may have helped in Louisiana.
Essential workers are another challenge. The burden falls heavily on them. And it may make it hard to slow the spread too much in the population as a whole; it just concentrates cases in certain mostly disadvantaged subgroups.
Anyway, in most parts of the country, it's premature to have the re-opening conversation. Either cases are still steady/increasing, or (as in NY) they're declining but still high in absolute numbers. There are perhaps some exceptions West of the Mississippi.
The US really, really needs to work on its tools in addition to social distancing—meaning: testing, contact tracing, better protocols for handling sick individuals, etc. That's our way out of this in the medium term. We need the whole arsenal.
