Another state that is not New York. There are plenty of geographic regions of the country that shouldn't be under the same guidelines as these densely populated metropolitan areas.
I'm genuinely wondering who you're referring to & what you mean by that statement.
Perhaps some mistaken assumptions can be corrected.
I'm quite aware how many online posters have a tendency to imagine things that aren't true & to think they know the minds of other anonymous posters even when they haven't said what these people think they know. It's like they acting like they're mind readers.