How Latinos May Have Saved Southern California

A thread on how Latinos may have saved Southern California from #COVID19 — and a word of warning to my City by the Bay!

First, look back on June 18th. Latinos, who make up 35%+ of California’s population (via CDPH), represent 55%+ of all cases!

Race & age in a treemap:

Now fast forward to July 18th (CDPH will update tonight at 3AM. As we all know #COVID19 takes weekends off). Look at those case jumps. What is a treemap?
Size indicates the number of cases.
Darkness indicates the most deaths.

21K cases for 18–34 rising 130% in 30 days!

BUT! Just like our friends in Florida this should NOT be cause for alarm. Unless #COVID19 has figured out how to kill 20 & 30 yr olds (the largest group of case growths for race and age) We should be in good shape. Here’s our well-known thread on FL:

Go back to the first graphic and compare that age bracket again.

• Jun 18th: 21K Latino positive cases for ages 18–34
  & 40 deaths
• Jul 18th 48K Latino cases for ages 18–34
  & 58 deaths