Quote Originally Posted by hacker View Post
You know as well as anyone that we weren't catching as many cases back then. This whole graphic is disingenuous
How would catching fewer cases explain New York having over 6 times the number of deaths per 100k?

There's no doubt FLorida had some advantages that New York didn't (milder weather when first wave hit, less dense, slightly more notice, etc), but nothing that would excuse NY having 6 times the number of deaths per 100k. Cuomo and New York in general just did an awful job. Sending sick people into nursing homes, reducing mass transit capacity, effectively discouraging people from getting outside and encouraging them to remain indoors in relatively cramped quarters, often with multigenerational families. They basically made the wrong decision every time they had the chance.

Other states will probably close some of the gap, but probably none of them will get to NY or NJ levels of bad.