That's exactly the problem. It should have never been left up to the states. This was not the time for cavalier actions.
We needed a coordinated federal response, consistent regulation, and a head of state that didnt spend months downplaying it/spread conspiracies/demanding closed states open up.
Trump has egged on his supporters and "skeptics" since day one. He has stymied progress, second guessed experts, sown divisions, and encouraged people to violate state orders with that stupid liberate nonsense.
If you're too blind, or willfully ignorant to see that then there really is no hope for you. You are just another one of his idiot cult. His words and actions mattered, and they cost lives. Regardless of what your brainwashed little soul wishes to believe.