Social distance, sustainable cities and building public health capacity

The spread of the coronavirus and the need for social distance is seen by some as a fundamental challenge to globalism, population density, and urban life. The virus is both a challenge and a catastrophe, but it does not change the basic appeal and benefit of our way of life. While wealthy people in this era of extreme income inequality seek to find a safe haven from contamination, as the virus spreads into rural America, it becomes clear that you can run from the modern world, but you can't hide from it. Cities, suburbs, the countryside: Everyone is in the pathway of exposure.

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