Lot of good smart ideas here. We need smart guidance for the long haul. NYC is really not quite like anywhere else in the US for COVID. Not just because of the calamity of round 1 but the basic geography of the city.https://twitter.com/MarkLevineNYC/status/1262719636036096002 …
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Replying to @joshtpm
I agree with your conclusion but not the reason you give for it. Nothing about the geography of NYC explains the outsize impact of this pandemic there in any convincing way.
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I may be using the word differently than you. I mean, human geography: subways, buses, high-rises, sidewalks, overall density. These are huge, huge drivers of the epidemic. Other major factors too. Not least delay in shutting down & intl travel. But those are huge factors.
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Replying to @joshtpm
I think we have evidence that dense cities (Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore-if-you-leave-out-worker-dormitories) controlled the spread of the pandemic with ease. I agree that New York is an outlier, but attributing that to density does not hold up to scrutiny.
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Please read what I said. I did not say the density inevitably causes that kind of outbreak. Aggressive, early containment & being able to track the spread wld have changed things dramatically. But in absence of those, NYC human geography was clearly a huge factor. Zero question.
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I read what you said. All these conditions apply to Tokyo and Osaka, where there was also little testing, or hyperdense poorer cities like Manila or New Delhi. We have lots of examples on hand of very dense cities that did little and didn't have trouble on the scale of NYC.
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