Not only that, but I’m afraid this is the endgame new normal for a densely populated world. How do we avoid continuous new disease pandemics when we are tightly packed in like sardines?
As part Native American, I am reminded of what happened when Europeans from a densely populated area came here. Estimates vary but maybe 90% died from the “new” diseases to them. The fact that Europeans weren’t decimated by native diseases makes me think that one of the prerequisites for societies free of disease is lots of empty space between people and limited travel. This will continually decrease with time in the anthropocene.
As part Native American, I am reminded of what happened when Europeans from a densely populated area came here. Estimates vary but maybe 90% died from the “new” diseases to them. The fact that Europeans weren’t decimated by native diseases makes me think that one of the prerequisites for societies free of disease is lots of empty space between people and limited travel. This will continually decrease with time in the anthropocene.