COVID-19 containment

The graph shows "averaged" statewide averages of cumulative deaths per million residents by region. Three features stand out:
First, let me thank Peter Attia, MD, who wrote a piece that reminded me of the definitions and words I was searching for that were mostly free of emotional connotations.
Across America, if not the world, it is time to play “Beat the Reaper,” the updated version of the Firesign Theater’s radio skit [1], featuring COVID-19 as “the Reaper.” Leaving aside the recommendations of our scientists and politicians, how do y