New York vs the rest of the planet

[George K]

Here’s How Much Downstate New York Is Skewing the United States’ Coronavirus Numbers

I’ve thought for weeks we should be counting downstate New York separately from the rest of the country. So, I looked at the numbers to see what happens when you separate downstate New York from the rest of the country…

Downstate New York technically includes New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley, but I am only including Kings, Queens, New York, Suffolk, Bronx, Nassau, Westchester and Richmond Counties.  These counties have a population of 12,205,796, according to World Population Review’s numbers for 2020—bigger than many countries.

After compiling data for the top 30 countries with the most cases of the coronavirus, I ranked the top ten countries by confirmed cases per capita (per million) based on the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University’s data as of 11:00 am ET on April 18, 2020…

Separating downstate New York from the rest of the United States shows us just how bad the situation there is. In fact, the rest of the country doesn’t even rank in the top ten anymore (it comes in at #13).

Go to the link to see actual numbers.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in New York vs the rest of the planet:

I’ve thought for weeks we should be counting downstate New York separately from the rest of the country.

Disgusting.

[Mik]

I guess he's not buying into the 'were all in this together' theme.

[jon-nyc]

Thank god these guys weren’t at valley forge.