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The real antidote to epidemics is not isolation but cooperation
Mental modelCollective action problems
Their wordsHowever, while short-term quarantine is essential to stop epidemics, long-term isolationism will lead to economic collapse without offering any real protection against infectious diseases. Just the opposite. The real antidote to epidemic is not segregation, but rather cooperation.
Their wordsThis is because the best defense humans have against pathogens is not isolation – it is information.
Their wordsPerhaps the most important thing people should realize about such epidemics, is that the spread of the epidemic in any country endangers the entire human species.
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Better healthcare for people in other countries protects your own country from epidemics too
Their wordsWe are used to thinking about health in national terms, but providing better healthcare for Iranians and Chinese helps protect Israelis and Americans too from epidemics.
Their wordsTo defeat an epidemic, people need to trust scientific experts, citizens need to trust public authorities, and countries need to trust each other. Over the last few years, irresponsible politicians have deliberately undermined trust in science, in public authorities and in international cooperation.
Their wordsIf this epidemic results in greater disunity and mistrust among humans, it will be the virus’s greatest victory. When humans squabble – viruses double.
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