COVID-19: How to Reduce Some Environmental and Social Impacts?

The proposed viewpoint seems important at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the COVID-19 prevention strategies implemented in the population are based on medical paradigms that generate extremely deleterious social and environmental impacts. Using the occupational health and safety perspec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Voirol, Christian, Sader, Julia, Audétat, Marie-Claude
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ubiquity Press 2020
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Viewpoint
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7646277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33200070
http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3104
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Sumario:The proposed viewpoint seems important at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the COVID-19 prevention strategies implemented in the population are based on medical paradigms that generate extremely deleterious social and environmental impacts. Using the occupational health and safety perspective – taking care of myself with recyclables PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) – in place of the medical perspective – taking care of others with disposable PPE – can help to influence and support this important public health reflection.

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