Chelsea is a very heavily Hispanic city, probably younger than average, probably different ideas about social distancing.
True.
But 30% is almost half way to local herd immunity.
And also, the common Fauci figure of mild to severe cases is a ratio of 4. Here, we’re over 15. (Some of the reported cases were likely mild to moderate, which would increase the ratio).
As someone who has a couple of risk factors (age, hypertension), I find that reassuring, although the sample size is small, and not cross-sectioned for age.
In Northeast CT back in early January what locals and local health care called Flu type B tore through the region. I had a 99 fever and body aches for 3 days but not too bad. Nearly everyone got it. In fact I don’t know anyone that didn’t get it in some degree.
You’ll notice NE CT has near zero infections or deaths from COVID-19.
From Wikipedia, on demographics:
The racial makeup of the city was 47.8% White,[20] 8.5% Black or African American, 3.1% Asian, 1.1% Native American, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 33.6% from other races, and 5.9% were multiracial. In addition, 62.1% of residents identified as Hispanic or Latino (of any race), which includes 18.2% Salvadoran, 12.7% Puerto Rican, 8.4% Honduran, 7.3% Guatemalan, 2.8% Mexican, 2.2% Dominican, 0.5% Cuban, 0.5% Costa Rican, 0.4% Nicaraguan, 0.4% Panamanian, 1.4% other Central American countries, 2.5% other South American countries, 5.3% other Hispanic/Latino.[21]
The population was spread out with 27.3 under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years.
Chelsea is a dump. Believe me. I lived in Charlestown for over a decade. Parts of that were a dump too, but Chelsea is way worse