New York subway train cutback helped spread coronavirus: MIT study

Published April 21, 2020 9:29pm ET



Conservative radio host Mark Levin cited a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday concluding that the decision to cut back on subway trains forced more people on fewer trains and contributed to the coronavirus spread.

“MIT study and analysis: New York’s decision to cutback on subway trains and public buses crowded more people onto fewer subway cars and buses creating the pandemic’s ground zero in the city,” Levin tweeted Saturday.

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