We have to face the fact
that in the face of new plagues, Globalism is suicide. The only thing
that works is quarantine. In the Middle Ages, some Italian towns saved
themselves from the plague by a policy of immurement: any house where plague
appeared was bricked up, with the people inside.
The equivalent for us now is to shut down all international travel. No one may enter the United States without going through a period of quarantine. The current wisdom is that a two-week quarantine is sufficient. That may change. With future genetically engineered plagues, the quarantine may have to be longer. In Thomas Hobbes’ novel Victoria, entry into Europe requires a three-month quarantine on Heligoland Island. Of course, anyone illegally attempting to enter the country and thereby avoiding quarantine must be shot dead.
In future cases, it may also be necessary to prohibit all imported goods. It should not be too difficult to create plagues that are transmitted by things: by food imports, by cars or car parts, by anything that an American might end up handling. The toxins would be designed, at least initially, to come through the skin. With genetic engineering, there is almost no limit on hideous characteristics a disease can be given. Modernity, meet your Frankenstein.
The equivalent for us now is to shut down all international travel. No one may enter the United States without going through a period of quarantine. The current wisdom is that a two-week quarantine is sufficient. That may change. With future genetically engineered plagues, the quarantine may have to be longer. In Thomas Hobbes’ novel Victoria, entry into Europe requires a three-month quarantine on Heligoland Island. Of course, anyone illegally attempting to enter the country and thereby avoiding quarantine must be shot dead.
In future cases, it may also be necessary to prohibit all imported goods. It should not be too difficult to create plagues that are transmitted by things: by food imports, by cars or car parts, by anything that an American might end up handling. The toxins would be designed, at least initially, to come through the skin. With genetic engineering, there is almost no limit on hideous characteristics a disease can be given. Modernity, meet your Frankenstein.
If he's right, we'll all
be saying "thank you, Corona-chan!" Eventually.... And remember, by
their fruits, ye shall know them. The fruits of globalism are observably evil.
