On: London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decl...

[kgwgk]

> what happened in Northern Italy freaked out the world, but it was actually rather unique

Was it? NYC has reported more deaths than Lombardy (with less population) and NY/NJ as many deaths as Italy with half the population.

[xamuel → kgwgk]

The high death count in NY/NJ is probably related to the fact that in both states, the governors ordered that nursing homes not be permitted to refuse coronavirus patients.

[kgwgk → xamuel]

Massachusetts and Connecticut are not far behind, for what it’s worth. I don’t know if the same factor applies.

[xamuel → kgwgk]

This site lists NY, NJ, Massachusetts and California as the four states to issue such orders: https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/health/info-2020/coronavirus...

[kgwgk → xamuel]

Interesting, thanks. But apparently MA didn’t really do it, according to that article.

[hn_throwaway_99 → kgwgk]

I made a comment in another thread, but NYC is also quite unique in the US: extreme density and extremely high usage of public transportation.

So far all the places that have had hospital systems overwhelmed (or on the verge) have had extremely high density, lots of intergenerational mixing, or both.