[tidydata]

I think you’re talking about Figure 5 which is the ratio of total to reported COVID related deaths. This would mean that CA underreported COVID related deaths compared to Florida.

Figure 7, the cumulative total death rate, is probably more relevant to the point you’re trying to make, in which case FL and CA are in the same bin.

One conclusion you might draw is that the effectiveness of lockdowns cannot be inferred from this single map.

[makomk]

If California did underreport Covid-related deaths compared to Florida, that in itself would be interesting because endless column inches were spent on claims that Florida was underreporting its Covid deaths as part of a cover-up by its evil right-wing leaders and we definitely didn't see nearly so many claims that California was doing this.

[tidydata]

What do you stand to gain by spreading political narratives even more? It doesn’t matter what side they say they’re on. Take, for instance, the democratic governor of NY, among the biggest culprits of hiding reporting on deaths. What’s the point?

Maybe your problem is more with the media than any side which they defined.

[username90]

Nobody benefits from bringing it up though, Democrats don't want to look bad and Republicans want to downplay the effects of covid.