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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 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.