Space, Pandemics, Roman Roads and Air-Conditioners
The author on a Roman Road The only definitive protection against the Covid-19 coronavirus so far in this pandemic is space – at least six feet of it. Isn’t it interesting that space the infinite 3D realm in which all material objects are located and all events occur, is the solution to stopping a global pandemic? Space between people, in great abundance in Idaho, is in high demand and low supply in many heavily populated urban environments where the Covid-19 coronavirus is having the deadliest impact. Krys Johnson, an epidemiologist at Temple University explains the origins of the six foot space for social distancing commonly referenced during the pandemic, "Six feet is the average distance that respiratory droplets from a sneeze or cough travel before they settle and are no longer likely to be inhaled by other people.” Space offers protection and the more space, the more protection. In Roman times, soldiers were expected to be able to march at the pace of 20 mi