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Not OP, but NYC estimates 20% have had it based on N=3000[0]. This was back in April. 0. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494324-27m-new-yorkers-have-had-
by daenz 6y ago
Not OP, but NYC estimates 20% have had it based on N=3000[0]. This was back in April.
0. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494324-27m-new-yorkers-have-had-coronavirus-preliminary-data-shows https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494324-27m-new-yorkers...
- wereHamster 6y agoNYC is a drastically different city than even the largest city in Switzerland. NYC has six times higher population density than Zurich. People behave differently, in Switzerland they are far more accepting the social distancing measures than people in the US. You can't compare two cities (or countries) just like that.
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- ekianjo 6y agoNYC is peak COVID, and 20% is pretty far from 90%.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoAnd even in the worst affected European countries, the rates of positive antibody tests are less than 20%, which means we have a long way to go to herd immunity.
- pwr22 6y agoWasn't NYC hit particularly hard though?
- kgwgk 6y agoIs 20% a huge percentage? Definitely it's not from-what-we-know-90%-of-the-population-had-it huge. And those are the numbers from one of the most affected places in the world.