Blaming policy on infection variation (It's dumb)

It should be entirely obvious that crowded areas have always been most vulnerable to community spread of viral infections (such as Queens NY versus rural Montana). So, why do so many hubris-laden news articles and editorials keep trying to lecture us that location variations or short-term changes in COVID-19 infections instead depend on wise or foolish government policies and politicians?

• How dumb do they think we are?

• How dumb are we sure they are?

"There are reasons parts of Queens were hit so hard. Homes in Elmhurst and parts of Corona are especially crowded — the highest rate of household crowding in the city, according to census bureau data from 2014. Given that transmission among family members is a leading driver of the disease’s spread, it is unsurprising that crowded households have been associated with higher risk of infection."

Unsurprising indeed.