DC's Ward 6 hardest hit by coronavirus (Swamp Fever)

Foxdc5 ^ | April 1, 2020

[11th_VA]

The D.C. government today released the number of positive coronavirus cases broken down by Ward and it shows no hotspots in the city. The most cases were in and around Capitol Hill with the fewest east of the river in Ward 8. This as we’re also hearing of more frustrations for people applying for unemployment in D.C.

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[11th_VA]

Interesting - Ward 8 (lowest income) had fewest cases;

[SteveH]

i wonder if it would be practical to patient pool cell phone gps info and work backwards in time to try to find any geographical commonalities... for example, see if an airport or a particular subway station pops up...

[BradyLS]

The trope is the poor can’t afford the tests and so don’t get into the statistical data as much.

[11th_VA]

I’d like them to do that for the nursing homes in Maryland - several are infected; and there’s always ONE STAFF member infected. I’m wondering if all those staff members live in the same house.

[BenLurkin]

Ordinary Americans dont know anyone who gets invited to the swanky parties.

[mrsmith]

Receptionist (last January) : “Mr. Lobbyist, the gentlemen from Hubei are here to see you.”

[Flick Lives]

Bingo!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

No virus would dare go into Ward 8. Even the police don’t like to patrol there. Too many killings, nasty killings, 24/7.

[sphinx]

I don't see any clear pattern. My guess is that the differentials among wards have mostly to do with differences in the numbers tested. In the snapshot given, most of the wards range from 60-85 identified cases. Wards 6 and 8 are the outliers at 101 and 11 identified cases. But very few people have been tested.

Ward 8 is mostly Anacostia and is probably medically underserved. I would not be surprised if it's low number is an artifact of the lack of testing. Ward 6 is probably the city's most diverse ward. It's centered on Capitol Hill but extends well west of the Capitol to Shaw, Sursum Corda and Judiciary Square; it also includes the Southeast and Southwest Waterfronts, Kingman Park, and NoMa up to Gallaudet. In terms of diversity of neighborhoods, it is by far the most interesting of the wards, and it is probably the ward most affected by gentrification, with some areas still transitional.

Ward 6 has more than its share of lively community areas that are designed to draw people out of their cars to mix and mingle in vibrant walking neighborhoods: Eastern Market, the 8th street corridor, Pennsylvania Avenue, the rebuilt waterfronts (Nats Park/Navy Yard and the Wharf district), the rebuilt H Street corridor, etc. That could be a factor. Or it could just be a matter of where a lot of tests are being administered, given that most of us haven't been tested yet, and won't be.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Interesting - Ward 8 (lowest income) had fewest cases;

They don't get on planes and jet-set around the globe to prove to their friends how sophisticated they are.

[Albion Wilde]

[Elsie]

 

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