Extreme concern
Looking at data as of April 19, the per capita death rate in New York City is 115 per 100,000. In St. John the Baptist Parish, LA, it’s 122. Wayne Co., MI, it’s 64. Compare that to the rest of the country, where large swathes have death rates under 5 per 100,000. (Aside: Jed Kolko, Chief Economist at Indeed, has looked at factors that may…