Some of the States with the strictest measures were the ones that got hit hard early before much was known about the virus (NJ, NY, CA) so their death tolls cou

Some of the States with the strictest measures were the ones that got hit hard early before much was known about the virus (NJ, NY, CA) so their death tolls could be expected to be higher. Additionally many States that were more relaxed also are more rural so one would expect some differences from that too. Hoping there will be a retrospective on all of this.