Deaths are trending upwards, however, in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and all the other Southern hotspots. This is an example of Simpson's paradox. You're looking

Deaths are trending upwards, however, in Florida, Texas, Arizona, and all the other Southern hotspots. This is an example of Simpson's paradox. You're looking at the sum of two different timelines, the virus in the Northeast (deaths declining) and the South (rising, but slow). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox#/media/File:Simpson's_paradox_continuous.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox#/media/File:... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/arizona-coronavirus-cases.html#deaths https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/arizona-coronavi... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/florida-coronavirus-cases.html#deaths https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/florida-coronavi... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/texas-coronavirus-cases.html#deaths https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/texas-coronaviru...