NY had its 1st day of over 5,000 reported cases on 3/22. The preceding 5 days they had a total of 9,550 reported cases.
FL had its 1st day over 5,000 on 6/24 w/17,577 the preceding 5 day.
FL averaged 95 deaths/day for the next 12 days for a total of 1,144 deaths.
Or more simply, NY averaged 9.6 times more deaths than FL.
HOW IS THIS NOT A DISASTER FOR NY & A MEDICAL SUCCESS FOR FL?
NY learned this the hard way & FL learned from NY. NY's failure was the price of FL's success.