New York has consistently had at least 40% of the total known US cases and deaths.
Common reasons are the dense population and the number of people traveling in and through NY from Europe before restrictions were implemented. No doubt those are valid. Still, it is a very high %.
New Jersey is next door with about half the population and has about 10% of the total cases and 7% of the deaths. One could possibly expect those figures to be almost twice as high.
LA, SF & Seattle are major ports of entry from Asia, the alleged virus source. Their populations aren't as dense as New York but their populations are substantial. California has about 5% of the cases and deaths (and twice the population of NY).
One explanation is that NY has done more testing thus discovering more cases. But the deaths are similar percentages as cases for both states.
Are there lots of deaths in other states which aren't being reported due to perceived other causes?
Is NY reporting deaths for all people passing WITH the virus rather than FROM the virus?
I don't know the answer and perhaps no one here knows either. I imagine there are some points of view I haven't considered which would shed more light on NY's "problem".
It'd be nice for this discussion not to be all about political potshots and discussion of the data.
Would love to hear your input. (Jinx2, keep it to less than one million words so I'll be more inclined to read it.)
Common reasons are the dense population and the number of people traveling in and through NY from Europe before restrictions were implemented. No doubt those are valid. Still, it is a very high %.
New Jersey is next door with about half the population and has about 10% of the total cases and 7% of the deaths. One could possibly expect those figures to be almost twice as high.
LA, SF & Seattle are major ports of entry from Asia, the alleged virus source. Their populations aren't as dense as New York but their populations are substantial. California has about 5% of the cases and deaths (and twice the population of NY).
One explanation is that NY has done more testing thus discovering more cases. But the deaths are similar percentages as cases for both states.
Are there lots of deaths in other states which aren't being reported due to perceived other causes?
Is NY reporting deaths for all people passing WITH the virus rather than FROM the virus?
I don't know the answer and perhaps no one here knows either. I imagine there are some points of view I haven't considered which would shed more light on NY's "problem".
It'd be nice for this discussion not to be all about political potshots and discussion of the data.
Would love to hear your input. (Jinx2, keep it to less than one million words so I'll be more inclined to read it.)