That is not how it works. And it is easy to see when the majority of data taken is either by county or zip code. Overall state average is really not important. Cases are being tied to local population density, number of vaccinated folks, mandates in place, effects on local healthcare facilities and others.
Polls are a reflection of a sampling of public opinion. And I believe that in some areas like Florida and Texas there is a growing number of folks who believe that either the governor level controlled forms of mitigation are not doing the job. Or that the mitigation control should be at the local level and not at the state level.
No. New York had the majority of its cases and deaths before the vaccine or directed therapy. Florida should have benefited from this but they have not. Look at the numbers since January 1st of this year, as the vaccine and specific therapies became available.
Total cases since January 2021:
New York: 1,459,860
Florida: 2,261,691
Total deaths since January 2021:
New York: 17,664
Florida: 31,305
Florida got lucky by largely avoiding COVID prior to the vaccines and directed therapy. They have done an absolutely horrific job since they became available. New York has done much better and it’s not close.
So when they had fewer cases it was luck, and when the cases are high it is how they did.
How they have done in vaccinations is 57% vaccinated which is pretty typical and not that far behind New York’s 63%.
So maybe it’s not that easy to determine the difference between how some area did and when it was just their turn for the wave.