SnuggaRUDE
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- Apr 5, 2013
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I agree, but I do take solace in the fact that Italy and Wuhan are the absolute worst case scenarios given their circumstances. Italy is way more densely populated than the US and has about 10% more elderely people. Wuhan is more dense than NYC and has live stock in their street markets, which is where the disease originated from.
So, in theory, the virus should spread much slower throughout the US giving us more time to react. Of course, this puts faith in our president to react to such an epidemic effectively, which I have my doubts, but I'm going to avoid politics.
For what it's worth NYC is 50% more dense than Milan. The Boston-DC Megalopolis is about 90% the population of Italy, but 80% more dense.