I think you’re looking at this wrong. You’re looking at how we can maximize protection for the individual so that individual can go on and life live as he or she pleases, but that’s not the way to look at it.
Again, controlling a pandemic requires collective thought, collective cooperation, not individual flexibility. In the end, while it’s highly unlikely that we will have 100% cooperation, if we can get 75-80% cooperation (or even slightly better), then we’re going to have much slower growth if we can sustain the behavior over the longer term. We’ll fare even better if we can get another 75-80% to either minimize their trips out of their homes and if we can get that same number to eat outdoors only really stay 6-10 feet apart. We can simultaneously exercise caution while gradually reopening. We can have good things - if people can behave themselves.
If not…well, look at Florida, look at Arizona, look at Texas, look at metro Los Angeles. They’ve known the dangers for months. They, like the rest of us, all saw how dire the situation was in New York City, in Wuhan, China and in Lombardy, Italy. They chose to assert their individual rights, and now everyone, including many of them, are paying a heavy price for it.