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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This map from the Johns Hopkins site is very informative. The map below is about 100 km side to side, so think of it as a 50 km radius from the statue of liberty.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At this scale it is hard to see, but this is the Covid-19 epicenter of the USA, the mouth of the Hudson River.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map">https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1377 height=585 style='width:14.3437in;height:6.0937in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D62541.62644A10"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The worst county is Queens, to the right of the harbor where the Statue of Liberty stands. Cook county is in Chicago. Kings is to the west of Queens. Bronx is north of Queens. Nassau is east of Queens. Suffolk county is everything out to the east on Long Island. Westchester county is the next one north of Bronx. Los Angeles county gets in there, then New York county. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You wouldn’t be very far off if you said the Statue of Liberty is ground zero for Covid in the US, and those are counties around there are the ones most dependent on mass transit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I know it isn’t a good solution and doesn’t work for everyone, but it is clear enough what needs to happen.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>