Donald McNeil, my favorite The Daily guest, has a new article in the NYTimes.

It had this picture and I wanted to share, after disclosing that in March, before the pandemic hit NYC, the annual death rate was about 6 in 1,000 people there:

“At first glance, it looks innocuous, like the ups and downs of the Dow Jones index. But the longer you stare at the fine print, the more horrified you become.”

The article is not arguing “this is fine” due to this not being Scarlet Fever and 1830; rather he makes the case for the science and the public commitment to it that enabled Public Health policy to overcome ‘libertarian resistance’ to put it delicately.

#ARTICLEWORTHREADING (3 minute read)

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