SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019

Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by runawaybottle on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:13AM (#23076750)

Just a quick YouTube search. I’m a life long long New Yorker, I can promise you that’s not the busiest. I can try to find you some video of the 7 line, it’s like that all the way from Grand Central to Main Street Flushing during rush hour.

The thing about the subway is that we all try to hold onto a pole or bar, total vectors for the spread. It’s not just an obvious case of being near each other, we’re forced to touch the same surfaces so we don’t collide every 30 seconds.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by jcranmer on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:21AM (#23076786)

MTA says Times Square is the busiest station, by a not-even-close margin (63M annual versus 44M for #2): http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_sub_annua...

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by runawaybottle on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:30AM (#23076820)

Ah right, I didn’t even check to see the station. My larger point is there are many many stations that look just like that during rush hour.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by jcranmer on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:37AM (#23076847)

I don't doubt you. But my larger point is that there are plenty of other situations in NYC where there's sufficient crowding for coronavirus spread.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by foobarian on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:20AM (#23078775)

Well, it may move the most riders, but if it has more trains the cars may not end up as crowded. OK way into nitpicking territory now :)

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