Do lockdowns impact the spread Covid-19?

Let's take a trip up the east coast to see:
🌴 FL: 5th most open
👣 NC: 44th most open
🏛️ VA: 50th most open
🛣️ NJ: 36th most open
🏙️ NY: 39th most open

So these states should have wildly different epidemic curves, right?

Wrong. pic.twitter.com/A3eO6hHb6Z

— Omnipotent Moral Busybody (@OBusybody) February 13, 2021