Culture and Other Units of Analysis

I normally would not invoke a physical anthropological topic but I couldn’t help noticing a phenomenon this evening. Thinking of “public pathogens� in the contemporary human landscape I have to imagine that in ancient times the substrates harboring viral infectious (i.e., doorknobs, counters, other surfaces) were notably absent. The question at the fore is “to what extent do contemporary fixtures have on the spread and propagation of infectious diseases?�

Of course many know that increased population density equals increased infection occurance based on increased contact with other humans. Straightforward enough, but I still insist that living behind closed doors has much to do with increased suffering in the present human age. More on this condition in later conjecture.