How close do you live to an airport

Food for thought – What shipping ports were to cities in the middle ages, airports are to the new age.  This means that airports are the point of delivery for new infections.

During the middle ages, fear of the plague was so great that shipping inspectors had to inspect a ship before it could make port.

Today, people come and go freely with no disease inspection, or fear of spreading disease.

When a new disease breaks out, the first places to receive the infection will be the airports – the people that travel with the infected host and the people that work at the airports.  The next layer are the people that service airport travelers – motel / hotel workers, taxi drivers, car rental employees, parking lot attendees, restaurant workers,,,,, anyone that has face to face contact with people that fly.

Ask yourself, how many layers back from the airport are you?  Do you work at the airport, do you know someone that works at the airport, do you know someone that works in a service style business that deals with travelers?  Do you live in a major city with an international airport?

Its just food for thought.