Sunday, 1 March 2020
World peace because an epidemic, and I doubt that'll be coronavirus(2020).
World peace could come about because of an epidemic, but I doubt that'll be this coronavirus.
As you might know, coronavirus is a bit of a blanket term for a series of similar viruses. SARS and a few others you may have heard of are in the same group or family of viruses. The recent coronavirus is a variation upon a theme, in the present cases, we see the transition from bats and possibly other mammals to humans. The overall potential of coronavirus is high, even as deaths are low. As it is an adaptive virus that can mutate and become far more dangerous.
We have had various similar viruses over recent years, they all took a small toll. And it might be that to unite powers of the world under a single alliance that we might have to see a disastrous viral outbreak on the scale of 1918 influenza(Spanish flu). Naturally, such types of outbreaks are rare, and the Spanish flu is considered the worst outbreak in human history. Although, one must admit that more common viruses kill many thousands per year and lead to greater figures over the course of decades. Vast numbers of people are killed by regular viruses, seasonal influenza has caused a vast death toll.
Other conditions cause great devastation, diarrhoea is commonly an infection of the intestines leading to watery bowel movements and resulting dehydration, caused by viruses, bacteria infection or parasites. Resulting in millions of deaths.
I have to ask myself on the matter of outbreaks if there would be serious cooperation between nations on a scale never seen before if we don't see a serious threat to our civilisation as we know it. What are we willing to do or blunder through over this new wave of coronavirus does not present the best case if even great threats should endanger mankind. With other threats to human health, often in the poorest parts of the world, we do far less than we could, even as the death toll is far greater than corona.
So I'm left to ponder whether or not we would only unite too late, if and when a true danger appears. It seems likely to me, that we would unite if a new 1918 flu enters the stage of human events. And, I do not, at this time think we're going to see that occur any time soon.
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