Again, don't forget that Europe went through mass lockdowns and mask mandates and they're having record case spikes every other day.
Being from Europe (Germany) I just wanted to let you know, how we are doing here: all our stores (except grocery stores, gas stations), restaurants, gyms, hairdresser,schools etc. closed completely for four weeks. After that, stores were allowed to open again, with several restrictions: mandatory masks, social distancing etc. Schools started again in May, but only with a combination of remote and in person learning, hairdresser, gyms and so on followed. During that time, our daily case load was lowering extremely well: from around 5000-6000 as highest numbers in March/April, we finally came down to 150-250 new cases a day in June, with not a single death for several days in a row. The summer came, we were allowed to travel again, enjoyed life, even with masks and social distancing, gatherings were allowed, gyms were open, team sports were taking place again. Restaurants were allowed to host family gatherings of up to 200 people - all in all, it was more or less our regular life, only with masks and the recommendation to social distance. All schools opened up after the summer break with in person lessons. From July on, our cases were rising again, first just very moderate, from 150 a day, to 200, to 300, then to 1000, still hardly any deaths during that time. Then, the dynamic changed rapidly: our cases rose to thousands and thousands a day, far higher numbers than we had in spring ! Right now, we are in the middle of the second wave ! Restaurants, gyms etc. are closed again for the month of November in an attempt, to flatten the curve again. Our death toll is rising to around 100-150 a day ( we have a population of 80 000 000). Our health care system is still working, we still have thousands of ICU beds vacant and still are able to help out those European friends and neighbours, who are hit harder, BUT: we are absolutely aware, that this situation can change in a blink !! If the ICU beds continue to fill up over the next days and weeks, we might come in a critical situation as well - something, our government is trying to avoid by all means. For now, we are waiting to see, if the measurements which were imposed on Nov.2nd will work. Polls showed, that close to 80% of the German people is supporting those restrictions and would even be open for a complete lockdown, if this would help to control the virus finally. However, there are always also groups of protesters, smaller and larger, who don’t acknowledge the restrictions. Masks are mandatory all over Germany since April 2nd in all stores, buses, trains, subways.
With all that being said, I think it will take months, at least, until we all will be able to resume to a more normal life, probably still not the one we had before. I hope, we will be able to cruise again in summer !