Pandemic Firewalls
The trick to deal with forced disconnectedness? Use electron flows to hyperlocalize all physical flows.
Gunnison, Colorado. In 1918, town leaders built a veritable barricade, closing down the railroad station and blocking all roads into town. Four thousand townspeople lived on stockpiled supplies and food from hunting or fishing. For 3½ months, while influenza raged in nearly every city in America, Gunnison saw not a single case of flu — not until the spring, when roads were reopened and a handful of residents fell sick.
-Shlok
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