Questions for Lockdown Apologists: Why was the virus late to Mexico?

As you can see, there was no significant increase in overall mortality in Mexico City until the week ending on April 19, and then a sudden, sharp rise during the week ending on April 26, which continued on into May. But that is an entire month after similar surges in overall deaths occurred in most other countries we have good data for. In the countries I examined in the <a href="https://medium.com/@JohnPospichal/questions-for-lockdown-apologists-32a9bbf2e247?sk=667a3b680a105131c92e654a71187f89" rel="noopener">first part</a> of this series, for example, the sharp rise in deaths typically began in the fourth week of March, right after the start of the lockdowns in those countries. This holds true even for nations in South America such as Ecuador, which I also examined in that post. But in Mexico City, a <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/806010/number-international-tourists-mexico-city/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">major international hub</a> with a population larger than that of New York City, the sharp rise did not begin until the fourth week of April. Why? <a href="https://medium.com/@JohnPospichal/questions-for-lockdown-apologists-mexico-city-5261d981992d">Website</a>