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Analysis of population density thresholds in the influenza pandemic of 1918 (nih.gov)
2 points by uniformlyrandom on March 15, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



For reference, current population density in popular places:

- Population density threshold from the article: 175/sq mi

- Santa Clara county: 1,400/sq mi

- New York City: 27,016/sq mi

- San Francisco: 17,246/sq mi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...

I believe that suburban population density still can provide significant advantage in infection rates/population loss over urban areas with extreme population density, despite being 10x the threshold for the last pandemic.

I guess we'll get access to that data pretty soon.





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