Time (February 9)
2020/ 02/ 11 by jd in Global News
“Of all of the things that distinguish 21st century humanity from that of earlier eras, it’s our growing state of interconnectedness that has the greatest impact on disease spread. In 2019, there were some 40 million commercial flights worldwide, carrying about 4.7 billion passengers. For a virus, that’s the equivalent of 4.7 billion dandelion spores, each a potential carrier of its DNA, drifting to wherever the air-travel currents blow them.”
Tags: 21st century Humanity, Carrier, Commercial flights, Disease spread, DNA, Interconnectedness, Passengers, Virus
