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How's it play out?
With all the variables, it is impossible to predict accurately. I would suggest that if not for an election year, we would already see this thing starting to wane. We can predict that many more folks will die from this virus before things get back to normal. I also predict that even if you wear a giant body sized condom, you can still become infected IF you are going to get infected. I understand how everyone is scared and in a panic, but this stuff happens and then the world heals and we move on.
Look, if wearing a mask makes you feel safer, comfortable and immortal then do it. Wear some disposable gloves and eye protection also, so that you might actually be safer out there.
One theory is that if enough folks are exposed to it and survive then the virus will go the way of other seasonal illnesses. A vaccine such as the FLU vaccine is only seasonal too, and does nothing for new yearly versions of the Flu.
On the other hand, if everything closes up and everyone stays home, we will likely get over this faster. However, if we do that then there are probably millions who will ultimately be destitute with no income, no jobs, out of business and bankrupt. It is easy for us that are already retired with a source of income to be armchair managers and tell others what they should do or not do. Other folks have to make a living or get thrown out of their homes and starve. If it is safe enough, children need/really need to go back to school.
Folks are going to die, period. There is nothing you can do to live forever.
Some of the stuff you hear on TV and other comments suggest that you do things that many of us have done for years, decades. Wash you hands, keep you hands off your face and cover your mouth when coughing. That's stuff that is supposed to be ingrained into every kid's little minds from your earliest years. Maybe that is why I never get the FLU or a cold. Living overseas in some of the nastiest, dirtiest countries we learn to wash our hands so many times a day that they just about stay water wrinkled. We soaked our produce in bleach water to kill bacteria. We didn't drink the water and we learned to drink without ice cubes. If you shook someone's hand, you did not touch your face and used hand sanitizer first chance you got out of view. These are common sense approaches to staying germ- less.
I am sitting here right now, looking out my window at three folks playing golf in the sunshine. They probably know that the sunshine is killing any potential virus spores. Life goes on.
Wearing a seat belt won't keep you from having an accident. Wearing a helmet on a motorcycle won't keep you from having an accident. They might save you if you are in an accident. Panic stricken individuals believe that if you don't drive a car or a motorcycle you can't have an accident. You can tell everyone to stay home so they don't get the virus or you can live your daily lives and take precautions. Either way, some are going to die. Death is inevitable and pertains to everyone.
I am not going to tell others how they should live, but I plan to live my life with as low negativity as I can and the least restrictions on my lifestyle as possible. This thing will be over before you know it, and most of you will still be around to figure some new issue to make you miserable.

Doctors and scientists do not have a firm handle on this and can only make suggestions based on their limited knowledge of the virus. Doctors do not always get your diagnosis right. The population today proves that NO pandemic has wiped out humanity completely. This world is still over populated in spite of all the plagues and catastrophes throughout history.

Live life like today is your last day and maybe tomorrow will be a bonus.