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Countries with worse sanitation also tend to have slower transportation and less population shuffling. In the times of plague the places that suffered the leas
by ajuc 7y ago
Countries with worse sanitation also tend to have slower transportation and less population shuffling.
In the times of plague the places that suffered the least were:
- sparsely populated
- didn't participated much in the international trade
- used quarantines on the borders early
https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/bubonic-plague-spares-poland?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3 https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/bubonic-plague-spares-pola...
- jacobolus 7y agoIn modern times there is plenty of transportation and shuffling in crowded countries with poor sanitation. Remember it only takes a tiny bit of travel to spread a virus far and wide. I would predict things will get very bad in many parts of Latin America, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.
- ajuc 7y agoThere's a big difference between average daily commute being 5 km and 50 km.