If this

US Reports Record Covid Deaths in January

and this

New Coronavirus Variants Complicate the Battle Against the Pandemic

and this

California registers highest number of COVID-19 deaths in a single day

Then how does this happen:

California Lifts Stay-At-Home Order Statewide

and this

U.S. States Ease Covid Restrictions as Variants Take Hold   "New York, Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts also are easing restrictions. "

Answer: Politics.

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