MN and New York aren't really known for having the same geographical size, population,population density, amount of constant international travel etc. It's not really a hot spot for tourism in the winter either believe it or not. Certainly spring breakers and snowbirds coming home for spring are our main contributing factors. We also saw an uptick when all the college kids were sent home from school from all over the country and abroad. After the state being locked down for a month and social distancing in effect its really not rational to think that MN is ever going to become NY in terms of severity. We currently have 1336 cases 732 of which have recovered 314 required hospitalizations and 143 patients currently hospitalized. 57 deaths, 36 of which are from assisted care cases that had co-morbidity. Our peak is said to be next week/week 1/2. I realize some states have capacity issues, but realistically that isn't going to be a problem here. We actually have an outstanding heath care system here as the Mayo Clinic is located in Rochester. So disagree if you like, but I'm very aware of what is happening where I live, and although its sad everywhere, the circumstances here don't justify keeping people(not me) from earning a living and living life. If things got significantly worse than maybe we would have something to talk about. I'm sorry if you are having a tougher time wherever you are.