hospitalization rates which allows them to predict that conditions will warrant a relaxation of mitigation efforts...in 2 - 6 weeks, not today....for instance...
Positivity Rates...(Past Month....Last Week)...from Johns Hopkins COVID data tracker this morning...
CT:....20.23%......8.82%
DE....23.64%.....12.10%
NJ....60.74%.....32.16%
OR...22.08%.....17.85%
These, and other states will be keeping an eye on the data...not listening to folks like yourself.