Fauci don't like that word.
Look at Hong Kong. The population wear mask, use distancing, and disinfectants on floor mats when you enter a building. The closed the borders to China (And everywhere else) They’ve had fewer than 200 deaths in a city the size of NYC and that is even more crowded.
New York has had compulsory masks for months. How did that work out?
South Dakota entirely optional masks. They have one of the lowest infection and death rates on the planet.
Comparing SD to NYC is apples to oranges because of population density. They probably don’t have many cases of this in the rural areas of China either.
The same reason Houston as a lot of cases and Lubbock almost none.
It’s why I compare NYC with HK similar cities.
NYC —— Subways. HK -— MTR
NYC —— Filthy HK -— Powerwashes the streets
NYC -— Mayor said, “Hug a Chinese” HK-— closed border with China
And what is the population density of South Dakota? I would expect any place with a low population density to have low infection rates. Also, the number of daily cases in NY has dropped significantly since its peak. NY is not responsible for the surge in new cases; those seem to be happening in southern states. CA, TX, FL have all had surges.