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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Need a numerator, a denominator and a county-specific location and classification category (urban, suburban, township, rural, etc.).  Then you can see the results. However, rates are also deceiving as the lower the denominator the easier mathematically to get a higher rate.  I.e. if there are 100 people in a small town it is a lot easier to get a 50% rate (50 people) than in a city with 2,000,000 people (1M people).[/quote]

If 50 people had confirmed covid in a town of 100 people, that wouldn't be a deceiving mathematical anomaly, it would be a public-health disaster.[/quote]

You don't know how stats work. Don't worry. They are hard. [/quote]

There's been an outbreak of armchair epidemiologists lately.[/quote]

Like the outbreak of armchair “Urbanists”.... blogging from their momma’s basement.[/quote]

You’re confusing basic math with epidemiology. 1M is a lot worse than 50. Even my 5-year old understands that. [/quote]

I think there are two anti-density arguments happening. One has to do with the viral spread, and that will get proven/disproven by scientists. The other has to do with quality of life. What am I more limited from doing in a dense area, how many extra precautions do I have to take, how easy or difficult is it to get resources?  Most of us sequestering in our homes in less-dense neighborhoods are thankful for space, light, room to take a walk, a yard. Those are providing for a high quality of life in this situation. They are also things we generally value over "hustle bustle"

Any future density is not something we want to ramrod in, without considering the impact on quality of life.

Additionally, any future density will have to take viral spread into consideration in its design features. The new ward 3 family shelter with shared bathrooms and kitchens seems like a bad joke in the quarantine age. Self-cleaning toilets, handrails, doorknobs and elevators are going to be a must. We might have to go to one way lanes on sidewalks with any additional building, and all kinds of other features.  Cars don't seem so bad now, as they allow you to travel by yourself. So parking. Or, public transport with individual, self cleaning pods to ride in. Let's see if the developers want to pony up for those features?[/quote]

This is spot on.[/quote]

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