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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I would argue that the higher risk for this is the constant travel between countries.

A plague that may have affected a specific area in the past will now hit all humanity in a couple of months, as seen with covid.

Also constant travel is one of the big contributors to global warming.