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The COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by the individual — mentioned by wahern

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:27:11 GMT

The population-weighted density of the U.S. is approximately the same as Europe, especially Central and Northern Europe. Standard density, the measure which leads people to believe the U.S. to be sparsely populated, is a useless metric, only suitable for questions like how much uninhabited land exists per capita. However, similar density (standard or population-weighted) alone doesn't automatically make public transit any more politically or socially viable. According to an early paper on COVID-19 death rates, population-weight density (but not standard density) could explain cross-country…

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The COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by the individual — mentioned by wahern

Fri, 06 May 2022 03:54:41 GMT

Total population / total land area is an irrelevant statistic for country comparison. By population-weighted density the United States isn't significantly less dense than Western Europe. Unfortunately, directly comparable, prepared numbers are difficult to come by. The 3 most memorable sources I've found are: * https://theconversation.com/think-your-country-is-crowded-th... - Discusses (introduces?) the concept of "lived density" and provides graphs for Europe. I'm not sure how well the author was familiar with related work regarding population-weight density, which seems to be the more…

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The COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by the individual — mentioned by InfiniteRand

Thu, 14 May 2020 16:02:24 GMT

You might be interested in this article about lived population density vs rate of spread of COVID-19. https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01167 Although I do not have enough statistical knowledge to really tell if the author's assessment is correct.

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