Apparently infecting so much of your city that the virus can no longer spread exponentially and has already taken a large percentage of your most vulnerable residents is evidence of "competent govt"
Alternate reality.
Alternate reality.
Recent antibody studies show some NYC neighborhoods with over 68% of residents having been infected. Overall city is showing over a 26% infection rate.
Do you have any idea how many dead Americans we would have if other areas allowed something similar?
nytimes.com/2020/07/09/nyr…
Do you have any idea how many dead Americans we would have if other areas allowed something similar?
nytimes.com/2020/07/09/nyr…
When you don't have any re-infections and at least 1/4 people can't even be carriers anymore, it becomes a lot easier to limit the spread of the virus. So yes, if your only goal is to get the first wave out of the way, the NYC method works. Just a lot of dead bodies.
Let's put it this way: if the rest of the country had followed the NYC approach of just getting all their infections and deaths out of the way and had similar infection rates, we would currently be at ~870K dead Americans (instead of 137K inc NY).
Good plan.
Good plan.
So yes, states like FL, TX, CA etc. are now experiencing the first wave that they managed to avoid back in April and May and will have spikes, but chances that they end up anywhere near the same infection rate or death rate as NY are almost 0. Thank God.
