`` Country ranking advantageous when pandemic occurs '' announced, Japan ranked 5th


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Situations such as `` mass of zombies are destroyed and the world is destroyed '' and `` an unknown infectious disease spreads and the danger of human existence '' are not only events in fiction, but a large pandemic actually arrives and the world is in crisis The possibility of hesitation is not zero. New Zealand researchers assume a pandemic situation and have created a “country ranking that is advantageous when a pandemic arrives,” taking into account civilization and food self-sufficiency.

The Prioritization of Island Nations as Refuges from Extreme Pandemics-Boyd--Risk Analysis-Wiley Online Library
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/risa.13398

If an Extreme Global Pandemic Hits, These Are The Safest Places You Can Be
https://www.sciencealert.com/if-an-extreme-global-pandemic-hits-these-are-the-safest-places-you-can-be



Scientists rank safest spots to flee to if apocalyptic outbreak begins to wipe out humanity – The Sun

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10050288/scientists-rank-safest-spots-to-run-to-if-apocalyptic-outbreak-begins-to-wipe-out-humanity/

Nick Wilson , professor of public health at the University of Otago, New Zealand, said, “The discovery of biotechnology has made it possible for a genetically modified pandemic to threaten the survival of mankind.” Insist that an emergency like this is never possible.

However, the occurrence of a pandemic does not require all humans to give up, and if you are lucky and you are in a safe place at the time of the pandemic, you may be able to help rebuild humanity. So Wilson conducted a study to analyze a safe place when a pandemic occurred.

“While pathogens can easily cross land boundaries, a closed island that can be self-sufficient can maintain a population with technology that can survive a pandemic.” Wilson said that it is the isolated island that is strong against the pandemic. In a previous study , Wilson said that well-organized island nations can block borders during a pandemic. On the other hand, an island that is too small is isolated from the outside, but does not have a variety of technical experts and is not suitable for reconstructing modern civilization.


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Mr. Wilson set the purpose of `` searching for a place where social civilization can be reconstructed after a pandemic '' in the research, and it is not bordered by land and bridges with other countries, `` population 250,000 people '' recognized by the United Nations Only sovereign states of the country were considered. In addition, considering the characteristics of population distribution, the geographical safety at the time of the pandemic, the availability of natural resources, and the political and social characteristics of the country, the lowest is 0 and the highest is He scored with a score of “1”.

The following image shows the top 20 countries that are safe from pandemics, as revealed by research. Australia is ranked first (score: 0.71), second is New Zealand (score: 0.68), and third is Iceland (score: 0.64), serving as a safer and more effective shelter than other countries. It is said that it is advantageous for the reconstruction of civilization after the pandemic. In other countries, the score is below 0.5, the fourth place is Malta (score: 0.47) and the fifth place is Japan (score: 0.46).



“Not surprisingly, a country with a higher GDP, food and energy self-sufficiency, and farther away from other countries, had better results,” Wilson et al. The reason why Japan's score did not increase so much is that it is relatively close to the countries of the Eurasian continent such as Russia, and the island country has a vast land but low energy self-sufficiency rate. There are points.

Wilson and colleagues conducted an analysis with the reconstruction of the civilization after the pandemic in mind, but pointed out that the analysis results could be further improved by taking into account future climate change. Although it is not very likely that the results will be useful, `` This is like insurance, '' Wilson said, and it is important to have a proactive strategy in case of an emergency. It was.


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