little was known about the virus early, and how to handle it-Europe brought most of it in
dense large population 8.4 million in the city super dense population
flights from Europe and China-enormous amount always-brought the virus
https://abc7ny.com/c...-china/6084186/
now
intelligent governor and mayor and others
best hospitals and health care in the country
people care for others, follow guidelines
even during the worst times back in March , areas like Upper East side of Manhattan zip codes 10028, 10022 had very very low virus rates check it out-research it