6 points | by mooreds a day ago ago
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Tristan de Cuhna is more remote. It’s 2430km from St. Helena. Bouvet Island’s closest neighbor is Antarctica (1770 km).
Hmmm.. there must be a way to define remote to correlate with likelihood of a hantavirus outbreak.
Maybe the remoteness or inhabitedness of nearest neighbors matters?
Tristan de Cuhna is more remote. It’s 2430km from St. Helena. Bouvet Island’s closest neighbor is Antarctica (1770 km).
Hmmm.. there must be a way to define remote to correlate with likelihood of a hantavirus outbreak.
Maybe the remoteness or inhabitedness of nearest neighbors matters?