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The point? It's tough to make much sense of the national statistics of the US. Too much diversity. New York, Michigan, and California have completely different responses to the pandemic.

Very true. Equally true is the fact they faced completely different epidemics. New York basically had it's entire population penetrated before they even really knew they had a problem. Northern California had a relatively slow ramp-up, but this summer kind of hit a wall in case count. The response was different, as well as the problem being different.

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The point? It's tough to make much sense of the national statistics of the US. Too much diversity. New York, Michigan, and California have completely different responses to the pandemic.

Very true. Equally true is the fact they faced completely different epidemics. New York basically had it's entire population penetrated before they even really knew they had a problem. Northern California had a relatively slow ramp-up, but this summer kind of hit a wall in case count. The response was different, as well as the problem being different.