I do wonder how much social media has changed the game.
My governor has been talking about the data making the decisions ad nauseum, I suspect this wasn't an original idea she had. Iowa shutdown right after SF. Of course, there's not been a shelter in place order issued which has caused criticism from national media, but we've effectively been shutdown.
But Iowa's curve is flatter than NY which shutdown later, so again, if that was the goal, huge success.