I did not say that. What I said is that people are refusing to wear their masks and refusing to social distance and acting like everything is normal now and that is going to put us right back into the same position we were in late-March. Any opening needs to be slow, deliberate, and based on science. People need to be overly careful. But, that is never going to happen because people are selfish and will pick and choose what they want to do based on how inconvenient it is to them.
It's great that your area is doing good. My area, a large urban area, is also doing great as well. But, if you or I think that means that we will be fine if we just go back to normal, we are being naive. If we go back to normal, sooner or later (more likely much sooner) it will get to our areas again (probably worse than the first time).
I'm guessing your area hasn't locked down the borders and stopped other people from entering and my area hasn't done that either. The difference this time is that we will be starting with tens of thousands or more cases to start instead of just a few like the first time. That means it will spread much faster. Also, I don't know how many people live in the area that you have chosen to define as "your area" so I'm not sure if 222 cases and 5 deaths is a small number or not. It really depends how you have decided to self-identify your area and how many people are in that area.
But, let me ask you, how many people do you think need to die before we hole up again? What percentage of the people in your area need to die for you to think your area should stay at home again?
As far as the claim that "If people are afraid to go to work or go out and about stay home", as I have already said, some people will have to return to work when their employer opens up so that's not an option for most people. So it's not practical on that level and because people need to buy food, medicine, and other necessities that require them to go out.
And it doesn't make any sense in the context of society. It's like saying "if you are afraid of getting murdered by a drug dealer, you should just stay home." We have many laws made to stop people from doing dumb and/or willful things that harm others. Why is this any different?
And, as far as my "solution", it's somewhere between acting like everything is normal and doing whatever feels good to us, and staying in lock down. But it would involve massive testing, everyone wearing a mask, everyone social distancing with limits on the numbers of people allowed in buildings, and people who can work from home working from home. But, I haven't really spent much time developing a precise plan since it's not my job and I don't really have the qualifications to do so. But, what I do know is that the consensus of those who do know what they are doing and who do that kind of things for a living, is that going back to life as normal right now is a really bad idea.