West coast handled this better, and I am a deranged Cuomo hater, BUT, there's probably some big variable lowering the west coast death toll that doesn't involve gov't decisions (climate, flight patterns, built environment, etc.), so they should maintain some humility https://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1249714392373100545

The virus has been circulating in the US for months, but key decisions were made within days of each other on both coasts. I don't know what the missing variable here is (although I'd bet weather), but there's clearly something more here than shutdowns coming a few days too late