Does anyone know of studies that have mapped out Covid-19 cases by home addresses?
The reason why I'm asking is that I've only seen this done for Wuhan early cases (Dec 2019) before Covid-19 diagnostics were available.
If we mapped New York's early 2020 cases by home address, would these be concentrated in places with more elderly?
If we mapped New York's early 2020 cases by home address, would these be concentrated in places with more elderly?
https://twitter.com/CharlesRixey/status/1413279795039899649
According to the China-WHO joint study: "Compared with the entire population in Wuhan by age and gender (Fig. 6), the “40-”, “50-” and “60-” age groups accounted for a higher proportion among the 174 [earliest Dec 2019] cases (70.7% vs 42.3%)."
who.int/publications/i…
who.int/publications/i…
Please note that the criteria for identifying early Covid-19 cases in Wuhan required a patient to have 2-3 clinical manifestations (fever/respiratory symptoms, pulmonary lesions/ground-glass opacity, WBC/lymphocyte count affected) - meaning a bias for relatively severe cases.
At the time, a cluster of cases had been identified at the Huanan Seafood Market, so having visited the market counted as one of the criteria for identifying a sick person as a suspected case. Unfortunately, this could have led to ascertainment bias. who.int/publications/i…
My question is, to what extent did the geographic distribution of elderly people within Wuhan influence the spread of detected (relatively severe) early Covid-19 cases?
Is it a coincidence that Wuhan early case home addresses are concentrated where there are more elderly?
Is it a coincidence that Wuhan early case home addresses are concentrated where there are more elderly?
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