No. States with early spread in the first wave were defenseless at the time. This is evidenced from the high mortality rates through March. The early cases were not able to be treated as effectively as later cases. We learned treating Covid was very different than pneumonia. For example, after a couple of months physicians began to delay ventilations and relied more on patient positioning. This decreased lung saturation and in turn decreased mortality. We learned this from the deaths in NY. Now we are seeing dexamethasone further cut mortality by 30%.
You trying to impose a later standard of care against the early standard of care is disingenuous. This is especially true because the lower mortality rate you tout is directly from what was learned in NY and NJ.
We can see now that Covid is widespread, states have similar mortality rates based on spread. A major reason for that came from learning best practices early on.
