King County has had ~400 confirmed COVID deaths while NYC has had ~12,000. Number of flights, population, all that stuff doesn't explain a x30 increase in death

King County has had ~400 confirmed COVID deaths while NYC has had ~12,000. Number of flights, population, all that stuff doesn't explain a x30 increase in deaths. If you read the article, they largely discuss NYC's inability to arrive a decision promptly, which allowed things to spread. Also, resistance to the idea of social distancing looks like it made things much worse. It's like everyone who is commenting here didn't even read the article and is just spouting opinions.