I couldn't find an actual link in this article to a peer-reviewed study itself, and nothing in the article addresses what the findings of these citations were or were purported to be.
The article mentions comparisons to other "ethnic" foods, but only mentions "Latin, Italian, and Mexican," of which, there are FAR more types of ethnic restaurants in New York. Nor does it address rate changes among "American" restaurants. More importantly, it doesn't compare rates among restaurants specializing in cuisine from other countries that spawned global pandemics. It also sets its goalposts in an incredibly narrow margin and presents the "increase" in a "percentage above estimated norms" which is at 66%, which may be well within conventional, marginal swings.
This is either not good science or not good science reporting.
laioren t1_j0htuwv wrote
Reply to New York City health inspectors issued a disproportionate number of citations to restaurants serving Asian cuisine in the early months of 2020, finds a new study by a team of researchers by thebelsnickle1991
I couldn't find an actual link in this article to a peer-reviewed study itself, and nothing in the article addresses what the findings of these citations were or were purported to be.
The article mentions comparisons to other "ethnic" foods, but only mentions "Latin, Italian, and Mexican," of which, there are FAR more types of ethnic restaurants in New York. Nor does it address rate changes among "American" restaurants. More importantly, it doesn't compare rates among restaurants specializing in cuisine from other countries that spawned global pandemics. It also sets its goalposts in an incredibly narrow margin and presents the "increase" in a "percentage above estimated norms" which is at 66%, which may be well within conventional, marginal swings.
This is either not good science or not good science reporting.