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by MikeAmelung 2258 days ago
Why would the rest of the country have the exact same percentage of infected as New York City, the only place in the country where most people don't own cars, and almost everyone takes cramped public transportation. NYC clearly has a MUCH higher infection rate than anywhere else in the country.
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> Why would the rest of the country have the exact same percentage of infected as New York City?

I didn't say that. In fact, I said the exact opposite: to get to 10% nationwide while explaining the rather large per capita differences in deaths, you'd need either negative infection rates in some places (say, Alaska), or >100% infection rates in hotspots. Neither is possible.