It takes ~1 months at quickest approach. This pretty much eliminates any biological pandemic level issues. War on Mars will also be something else. Canadians u

It takes ~1 months at quickest approach. This pretty much eliminates any biological pandemic level issues. War on Mars will also be something else. Canadians understand this all too well. You're far enough from everything to make you not a target. Life on Mars will be precarious for everyone far worse than the mutually assured destruction that prevents it happening on Earth. It doesnt eliminate all issues, but it certainly eliminates lots of issues.