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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇸" title="Flag of United States" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of United States"> and has nearly 700x fewer fatalities than NYC https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/opinion/coronavirus-lockdown.html?referringSource=articleShare">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/2...
“But doesn’t NYC have 10 times the population of San Francisco?”

Yes, 10 times the population and nearly 700 times the death count.
The anti-density folks should have some respect for their credibility.

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(Data: 4/18)

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(Data: 4/19)

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(Data: 5 days ago)

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(Data: 4 days ago)

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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 illiteracy is a pandemic

(Data from 6 days ago)
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What a lazy, worthless op-ed
Early action > density
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