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by LogicX 1867 days ago
I’ve asked myself this question. I have no hard data to back this up, but wonder If it’s related to outside time and vitamin D absorption, which seems to have an affect on covid. Ex: did NYC have a tougher time than Florida as a result of this, and even with all the protocols in NYC, they could do only as well as Florida with no rules.
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NYC has a combined sewer system [0] [1] that overflows when it rains more than .... ~1/10 of an inch per hour (iirc). The fecal-> aerosol transmission route is certainly very important: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27156256

"Who do you share a bathroom with" is very important for tracking transmission. In NYC, everyone shares a bathroom.

[0] https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dep/water/combined-sewer-overflows...

[1] https://www.riverkeeper.org/campaigns/stop-polluters/sewage-...