“The lockdowns have led to a spectacular drop in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in New York. Ending lockdowns in Florida, Texas, and Arizona led to increases in all three.”
Its amazing how you consider NY results “spectacular.” Which part of over 32,000 deaths is spectacular? You can just as easily attribute the drop in cases and deaths in NY to the fact that the virus ran its course. Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) already got the virus and have immunity and unfortunately, all those who wouldn’t survive already passed away.
Yes, cases are rising in the States you mentioned. They will no matter when a State reopens. The states you mentioned are seeing 1/10 the daily deaths NY and NJ were seeing at their peaks, clearly they are doing something better than Cuomo’s epic disaster.
A lockdown isn’t going to make COVID disappear, remember it was “15 days to slow the spread” not “15 days to cure COVID”