What a fantastically stupid piece by Bret Stephens
Claims that NYC has a higher COVID death rate than California because of pOpUlaTiOn dEnSiTy, w/o realizing that San Francisco is the 2nd densest city in
and has nearly 700x fewer fatalities than NYC https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/opinion/coronavirus-lockdown.html?referringSource=articleShare
Claims that NYC has a higher COVID death rate than California because of pOpUlaTiOn dEnSiTy, w/o realizing that San Francisco is the 2nd densest city in

“But doesn’t NYC have 10 times the population of San Francisco?”
Yes, 10 times the population and nearly 700 times the death count.
Yes, 10 times the population and nearly 700 times the death count.
The anti-density folks should have some respect for their credibility.
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1253505926407114752?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1253505926407114752
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1253505926407114752?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1253505926407114752
(Data: 4/18)
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251602011780534275?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251602011780534275
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251602011780534275?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251602011780534275
(Data: 4/19)
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251830780495609856?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251830780495609856
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251830780495609856?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251830780495609856
(Data: 5 days ago)
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1252365763098247171?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1252365763098247171
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1252365763098247171?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1252365763098247171
(Data: 4 days ago)
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1252760577509863429?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1252760577509863429
https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1252760577509863429?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1252760577509863429
If San Francisco, the 2nd densest city in America, were a county in New Jersey, it would have the lowest death rate in the state.
(Data: 4/18) https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251543223996223489?s=21 https://twitter.com/aaronacarr/status/1251543223996223489
What a lazy, worthless op-ed