California vs New York, covid case difference

[SDANation]

Cool article on why New York has such a large number of cases compared to California.
[link:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfchronicle.com/health/amp/NY-has-10-times-the-coronavirus-cases-CA-has-Why-15154692.php|

[Raine]

1. Interesting article 👍

Thanks for posting this.

[denbot]

2. I hit a paywall

[BigmanPigman]

3. I was able to get some of it....

"California reported some of the earliest coronavirus cases in the United States in late January. And in the first week of March, California and New York were neck and neck on cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. But over the past week, New York case counts have doubled every few days, and the state now has 10 times the cases California does: 25,000 to 2,500."

"Infectious-disease experts say early maneuvers in California, especially in the Bay Area — first discouraging people from gathering in crowds and then ordering them to shelter in place — may have had a dramatic impact, even if they came only a few days ahead of those in New York."

I know that when I listened to Gov Newsom (CA) I self quarantined right away. I think that was weeks ago, at least it seems like that.

[pat_k]

4. Me too. Damn. Hope the article points out that a whole lot of the difference is testing rates...

...and effectiveness of reporting systems.

NY has tested about 50 per 10,000

CA is difficult to get numbers for, but numbers in news reports from 3/25 and 3/26 indicate they've tested about 16 per 10,000.

Unfortunately, the number may be a lot lower than that. According to one report I came across, a large portion of the tests figure reported is on "backlog" awaiting processing, so shouldn't really be counted as "tested."

Also, the CA reporting system is "broken" as per this quote from an article in The Guardian

California’s patchwork response to testing has also left it struggling to keep pace with the virus, and the state is now looking to establish a coordinated approach. At least 22 state laboratories, seven hospitals and two private outfits are conducting tests in California, but it remains hazy how testing at those sites is being tracked.

“We are cobbling together various approaches,” Susan Butler-Wu, an associate professor of clinical pathology at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, told the LA Times. “The whole thing is badly discombobulated ... I think 100% that the system is broken.”

[Sunriser13]

5. Can you get it from this link?

I got the whole article, just cut off the prefix.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/amp/NY-has-10-times-the-coronavirus-cases-CA-has-Why-15154692.php

Hope this helps!

[Vivienne235729]

6. What an interesting read.