“What worked for our area”?
NY, NJ, and CT have the most COVID deaths per population in the country. Nearby Massachusetts is the only state close to those three.
NY - 1,611 deaths per 1M people
NJ - 1,479 deaths per 1M people
CT - 1,302 deaths per 1M people
MA - 1,152 deaths per 1M people
The US as a whole has only 375 deaths per 1M people. It would be a lot lower if NY, NJ, CT and MA hadn’t been such a disaster.
Some other states for comparison:
FL - 153 deaths per 1M people
AZ - 201 deaths per 1M people
GA - 254 deaths per 1M people
SC - 133 deaths per 1M people
SD - 95 deaths per 1M people
The only thing that “worked” in NY, NJ, and CT was the killing off of those who were most in need of protection—elderly and seriously ill nursing home residents.
United States Coronavirus: 2,463,438 Cases and 124,294 Deaths - Worldometer