NYC is ground zero

[Mik]

Yep. Just open the barn doors. What could go wrong?

[LuFins Dad]

About PA and about numbers without context.

[LuFins Dad]

@LuFins-Dad said in NYC is ground zero:

About PA and about numbers without context.

Still can’t figure out pictures.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in [NYC is ground zero]

Still can’t figure out pictures.

Click here:

You'll see this:

Paste url of picture:

So it looks like this (note I put a bracket at the end so as not to post an actual pic)

![alt text](https://i.ibb.co/T8rcnbw/341-D5379-DCC0-447-E-BC8-C-F590-A1-EEBFAF.jpg}

Voila!

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in NYC is ground zero:

About PA and about numbers without context.

Illinois is not very different.

Illinois has 48,102 cases.

Chicago alone has 33,449.

Source: https://chicagovirus.com

I'm sure the same case can be made for upstate and western New York.

[jon-nyc]

The virus tends to spread in humans so the case count is higher where more humans live.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

The virus tends to spread in humans so the case count is higher where more humans live.

Yeah. Funny, that, eh?

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

The virus tends to spread in humans so the case count is higher where more humans live.

Yeah, but that’s nowhere near proportional in Pennsylvania.

[jon-nyc]

You would expect convexity. The reproductive rate would have a non-linear relationship with density.

[Horace]

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

The virus tends to spread in humans so the case count is higher where more humans live.

that's what the per-capita brigade would have us believe.

[jon-nyc]

I’m a brevet colonel in the per-capita brigade.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

The virus tends to spread in humans so the case count is higher where more humans live.

Is anything known about whether it spreads via animals, too?

[jon-nyc]

Animals have caught it. Imagine they could spread it too. But I haven’t heard anything specific.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

Animals have caught it. Imagine they could spread it too. But I haven’t heard anything specific.

Coronavirus is very common in cats (though not this particular strain). One of the scary things is that it is usually a nothingburger, but sometimes it mutates causing Feline Infectious Peritonitis. A particularly nasty disease that is usually fatal.

[jon-nyc]

This particular virus has infected large cats and domestic cats.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

This particular virus has infected large cats and domestic cats.

Yup and at least one dog.

[brenda]

@Klaus said in NYC is ground zero:

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

The virus tends to spread in humans so the case count is higher where more humans live.

Is anything known about whether it spreads via animals, too?

Yes. Several pets have gotten it, presumably from their owners. Indoor cats have gotten it. Dogs, too, have tested positive.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html

[brenda]

@brenda said in NYC is ground zero:

@Klaus said in NYC is ground zero:

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

The virus tends to spread in humans so the case count is higher where more humans live.

Is anything known about whether it spreads via animals, too?

Yes. Several pets have gotten it, presumably from their owners. Indoor cats have gotten it. Dogs, too, have tested positive.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html

Tigers are getting it, and some have died.

https://api-nationalgeographic-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/animals/2020/04/tiger-coronavirus-covid19-positive-test-bronx-zoo?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASDAAQE%3D#aoh=15881728578968&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From %251%24s

https://www-chicagotribune-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/sns-nyt-coronavirus-threatens-indias-tiger-population-20200423-dndxj62njvai7f2davsv6zek6a-story.html?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASDAAQE%3D#aoh=15881729629981&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From %251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Fcoronavirus%2Fsns-nyt-coronavirus-threatens-indias-tiger-population-20200423-dndxj62njvai7f2davsv6zek6a-story.html

[jon-nyc]

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

NYS - 295,106
NYC - 162,338 up 1.3%
NJ - 113,856
MA - 58,302 - up 3%
IL - 48,102 - up 4.7%
CA - 46,033 - up 3.5%
PA - 45,137
MI - 39,262
Nassau - 35,085
Cook - 33,449 - up 4.6%
FL - 32,848
Suffolk - 32,724
Westchester - 28,245 up 1.1%
LA - 27,286
CT - 26,312 - up 3.1%

NYS - 304,372
*NYC - 167,478 up 1.6%
NJ - 118,652
MA - 62,205 - up 3.3%
IL - 52,921 - up 4.9%
CA - 49,841
PA - 47,971
MI - 41,379
Cook County - 36,513 up 4.8%
Nassau County - 35,854
FL - 33,690
Suffolk County - 33,664
Westchester County - 28,970 up 1.3%
TX - 28,313
LA - 28,001

Cook County and IL are really moving up. Looks like Chicago is the current hot spot, at least in terms of growth.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in NYC is ground zero:

Cook County and IL are really moving up. Looks like Chicago is the current hot spot, at least in terms of growth.

And this, despite the "stay at home" "social distancing" directives.