Today, medical practices and knowledge is far superior than the one possessed one hundred years ago. We’ve developed vaccines and have aquaintances on the nature of viruses. Taking into account only the technology advancements in medicine, we could suppose that we are properly prepared for the next big epidemic. Yet there is another important aspect that didn’t play a role a century ago, globalisation.
Nowadays, almost every spot on the globe is about a day away. Thus, the risk of a rapid spread of a pathogen increases drastically. More people can get sick than before, in a world where interactions between distant places are common and continuous.
So, are we actually safer?
No comments:
Post a Comment