That's pretty cool.

/in before Niger, Please?

If their main point is that people living in close quarters means the spread of illness is higher, you really don't need to be in orbit to tell where the worst areas are. Unless there are secret cities full of millions of people we don't know about.

/there aren't really such cities, are there?
//who would inhabit these cities, i wonder...
///failure to admit or deny their existence will be taken as confirmation they exist

Took me a second, but I got a good, hearty laugh out of that one. Good job, Subs.

J. Frank Parnell: If their main point is that people living in close quarters means the spread of illness is higher, you really don't need to be in orbit to tell where the worst areas are. Unless there are secret cities full of millions of people we don't know about.

/there aren't really such cities, are there?
//who would inhabit these cities, i wonder...
///failure to admit or deny their existence will be taken as confirmation they exist

No, that changes in population indicate disease spread - so influx or exodus of people, measured by light, over time.

How will this affect the inevitable zombie apocalypse?

atheneschild: No, that changes in population indicate disease spread - so influx or exodus of people, measured by light, over time.

That's what we have census' for, which i imagine are probably more accurate than who has a visible light on at night. And most of the light you see from orbit is streetlights, so unless there's a solid streetlight:people ratio figured out, i'm skeptical it's accurate.

/so is that a yes for these secret cities?
//presumably full of aliens, maybe?