A green zone keeps the virus under control, which means it needs less frequent lockdown, which means it has the societal wealth to spend on tests, drugs, and vaccines to keep the virus under control.
A red zone has the opposite dynamics.
A red zone has the opposite dynamics.
Where this becomes particularly important is if COVID19 is the fifth endemic coronavirus. Then immunity may not be long lived. So you have to keep it out, or fight a new strain as it appears.
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Of course, people won't want to deal with a COVID19 storm *every* year, which is why I think the 2020s will be the decade of biomedicine.
We may need wholly new technologies to stop the virus. Massive defense budget spending on biology will begin.
We may need wholly new technologies to stop the virus. Massive defense budget spending on biology will begin.
