Normalize broad ownership of hazmat suit (and of N-day supply of non-perishable food and water)
Biorisk
If everyone either wore a hazmat suit all the time or stayed at home for 14 days (especially in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic), the pandemic would have been over. Normalize, fund, and advocate for broad ownership of hazmat suits and of non-perishable food and water, for preventing future pandemics. This may be more feasible in developing countries than developed countries, but in principle foreign aid/EA can make it feasible for developed countries as well.
This would only work for pandemics if literally everyone in the world did it at the same time. I think we’d probably need effective global governance for that (that itself isn’t an x-risk in terms of authoritarianism or permanently curtailing humanity’s flourishing).
Normalize broad ownership of hazmat suit (and of N-day supply of non-perishable food and water)
Biorisk
If everyone either wore a hazmat suit all the time or stayed at home for 14 days (especially in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic), the pandemic would have been over. Normalize, fund, and advocate for broad ownership of hazmat suits and of non-perishable food and water, for preventing future pandemics. This may be more feasible in developing countries than developed countries, but in principle foreign aid/EA can make it feasible for developed countries as well.
This would only work for pandemics if literally everyone in the world did it at the same time. I think we’d probably need effective global governance for that (that itself isn’t an x-risk in terms of authoritarianism or permanently curtailing humanity’s flourishing).