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Probably true, but Manhattan has ten times the population density of Seattle, and I doubt if the infection rate coefficient is linear wrt population, probably geometric or even exponential. So the comparison is somewhat facile
That doesn’t explain the villages in Lombardy. Reportedly, Seattle went to ground early and without waiting for orders. I think we’ll have to wait for an After Action Report to see what factors contribute what to the kinetics of infection.
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