California population: 39.51M
New York State population: 19.45M
California: 3,719 deaths in the general population (5,873 total deaths - 2,154 nursing home deaths)
New York State: 24,947 deaths in the general population (31,105 total deaths - 6,158 nursing home deaths)
In CA, COVID is fatal to .009% of the general population.
In NYS, COVID is fatal to .13% of the general population .. more than 14 times higher than CA.
So if all you knew was that COVID was 14 times more deadly to the general public in NYS than it was in CA, wouldn't you expect that it would also be more deadly in nursing homes? And if you didn't already know the answer, what would a reasonable guess be as to how much worse? Kudos to anyone who would have guessed "less than 3 times worse".
AlbaNY_Ram
