NEW YORK -- At a clinic in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens, more than 68% of people tested positive for antibodies to the new coronavirus. At another clinic in Jackson Heights, Queens, that number was 56%. But at a clinic in Cobble Hill, a mostly white and wealthy neighborhood in Brooklyn
NEW YORK — At a clinic in Corona, a working-class neighborhood in Queens, more than 68% of people tested positive for antibodies to the new coronavirus. At another clinic in Jackson Heights, Queens, that number was 56%. But at a clinic in Cobble Hill, a mostly white and wealthy neighborhood in Brooklyn, only 13% of people tested positive for antibodies.
The CityMD statistics — which Frogel provided during an interview and which reflect tests done between late April and late June — appear to present the starkest picture yet of how infection rates have diverged across neighborhoods in the city. Neighborhoods that had relatively low infection rates — and where few residents have antibodies — are especially vulnerable going forward. There could be some degree of “catch up” among neighborhoods, said Denis Nash, an epidemiology professor at the CUNY School of Public Health.
So far, the federal government has released relatively little data from antibody testing — making the CityMD data all the more striking. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for instance, has published limited data that suggested that 6.93% of residents in New York City and part of Long Island had antibodies. But that survey was based on samples collected mainly in March, before many infected New Yorkers might have developed antibodies.
The CityMD in Corona, on Junction Boulevard, serves a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood whose residents include many construction workers and restaurant employees. Many had to work throughout the pandemic, raising their risk of infection. “Our plan did not really accommodate essential workers as it did people privileged enough — for lack of a better word — to socially distance themselves,” Nash said. He said that one lesson of the past few months was that the city needed to better protect essential workers — everyone from grocery store employees to pharmacy cashiers — and make sure they had sufficient protective equipment.
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