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A large part of the NYC problem is cultural and socioeconomic. Before the quarantine went into effect here I told my son to watch specific neighborhoods and ethnic groups as the virus will be much worse there.

I predicted that the Caribbean, Hasidic Jews, Hispanic and Asian population would be hit hard and it has come to pass. These groups have an historic disregard for any authority telling them what to do, so social distancing was a very bitter pill to swallow and it shows in the stats. The other problem is with the poorer neighborhoods. A large percentage of the people living there are under nourished, generally unhealthy and ignorant to the biologic cause and effect of exposure. Not to mention not wanting to believe what the authorities have to say.

There is a Covid map by zip code and it backs up my theory in NYC. But, the same holds for the entire country.