Coronavirus, Megacities and the Bible

The coronavirus thrives in megacities. The coronavirus has spread the most in megacities of 20 million people — Wuhan, New York City, and Tehran. The Wuhan metropolitan area has 19 million people. New York City metropolitan area has 23 million people, as does the Tehran metropolitan area. And the virus has also spread considerably in smaller yet sizable cities like Milan, Madrid, Paris, London, and New Orleans. The SARS virus also emerged from the most densely populated province of China, which has Guangzhou, the world’s largest city, at 46 million people.

What’s the connection between the coronavirus and megacities? The coronavirus stays alive by multiplying and spreading from person to person who are in close proximity of each other. When the coronavirus is in a megacity it discovers a ripe place to spread sickness. The dense, fast-paced life of a megacity is the optimal place for the coronavirus to spread.