"Density alone doesn’t seem to account for the scale of the differential between NY’s fatality rates & those of other cities. NY has twice the density of London but 3 times the deaths & the differential is even higher for cities such as San Francisco & LA.https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-covid-19-catastrophe-unfolding-in-new-york-is-unique-11587747861 …
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Replying to @Richard_Florida
I don't think that population density manifests in a linear increase in encounters per capita, but in non-linear factors, especially an increase of bottlenecks (public transport, elevators, building entrances), shared air etc.
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Replying to @Plinz @Richard_Florida
naively density squared, but yes highly non-linear and specific to the bottlenecks
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