@WeveBecomeEastHouston :
It's about population density....Add up the total square mileage of all those states and divide by their total populations...For example, let's do Texas and NY:
(numbers from google)
Texas has 29,000,000 people in an area of 268,597 square miles....That's about 108 people per square mile.
NY State has 19,450,000 people in an area of 54,556 square miles....That's about 357 people per square mile...
As you can see, NY State has 3 times the people packed in a square mile than Texas does...Thus, they should experience a higher transmission/infection rate statistically....Kinda the reason behind "social distancing"...
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It was a nice try though.....