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		tempsy on April 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hundreds of thousands in L.A. may have been infect... How do you explain the low number of hospitalizations and deaths in LA vs NYC? If these numbers hold then you’d expect NYC to be close to herd immunity given the difference in fatalities.

TheBlight on April 20, 2020 [–]

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22928754

tempsy on April 20, 2020 | [–]

More questions than answers. It hasn’t been hot in LA so suggesting it has to do with heat doesn’t make sense imo.

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