However, there was a slight difference between it and a generic population map - it is very skewed towards the eastern US and coast.
Overall, it seems (and this was suggested in other things I've read) that covid in the US has been spread primarily from Europe and not Asia. If it had come from Asia more, surely it would have hit California and the west coast harder.
It is odd. This is far far more dangerous than a flu if you are older than sixty. More than just looking at population level IFR implies. Not so clear cut off you are under sixty. Simply put, we don't have the data to say.
I fully agree that we don't want the data the hard way.
And if you've caught something in Vegas and spread the disease across your hometown, you're probably not going to admit it. This virus is no exception.