I live in Merced County, California and I've noticed some interesting things. Merced Co. population is 255,000 + and is basically rural, it has reported 173 covid19 cases with 3 deaths, one stat you don't usually see is recovered cases, we have 99. 98 are 18-49, 40 are 50-64, 25 are 65+, 10 are <18. What really jumps out is that the Hispanic population is 41% and Hispanic cases are 65%. This probably has more to do with behavioral traits than race, I've noticed in grocery stores that very few are wearing masks and tend to be in family groups, also they seem to be more social than other racial groups, this is also true of the 18-49 group. The area is opened up the last week because the local politicians threatened to defy the lock down order from the state along with the other rural counties. politically the governor tends to favor the urban parts of the state. Interesting that the worst area apart from LA and SF bay area are Kern CO. and Imperial Co. which have very high Hispanic Populations.
