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NYC is on average younger than the broader US population.

• taeric 7y ago
  And the deaths are concentrated on the older population. They do have younger people. They also have more nursing homes and assisted care. They literally have more of everything.
  • cma 7y ago
    We're looking at per capita rates though so doesn't matter if they have more of something in absolute terms.
    • taeric 7y ago
      Could. If the agitating factor to severe cases is car exhaust, as an example. There are usually tipping points to that kind of thing. Look, I agree that I don't know. Just trying to get that uncertainty in the counter claims, as well.
      • cma 7y ago
        I’m talking about having more number of nursing homes because they have “more of everything”, not making an argument about density and pollution or anything like that.
        • taeric 7y ago
          Ah, yes, I misstook your argument. That said, I do suspect having more nursing homes means they have more people over 60 than most places. Which will skew them to have more deaths, period. Consider, from all that we have seen, elementary schools could get 100% infection rate on the same population size that NYC nursing homes have and not see the number of deaths they have had. It is not controversial that the IFR is dependent on how many people over 60 you have in your population. To drive that home some, here in WA, fully 92% of the deaths have been in people over the age of 60. It is quite ridiculous how deadly this is if you are older.