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Infectious disease, the climate, and the future
Emergence and resurgence of infectious diseases are serious threats to population health. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused an enormous human toll and health crisis. Responses to the pandemic are significantly affecting the global economy. What is most concerning about COVID-19 is not the vir...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043725/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33870009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000133 |
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description | Emergence and resurgence of infectious diseases are serious threats to population health. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused an enormous human toll and health crisis. Responses to the pandemic are significantly affecting the global economy. What is most concerning about COVID-19 is not the virus itself, but rather that it may compound with other and more serious crises. Climate change will likely affect human health, economy, and the society more than disease outbreaks. Governments at all levels, from local to international, can chart a greener, healthier, and equitable course for the future, investing in strategies and technologies that minimize and prevent risks, including those posed by climate change and the pandemic, promoting obligations to drastically reduce emissions, enhancing societal equality, improving community resilience, and achieving sustainable development goals. |
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spelling | pubmed-80437252021-04-16 Infectious disease, the climate, and the future Tong, Shilu Ebi, Kristie Olsen, Jorn Environ Epidemiol Commentary Emergence and resurgence of infectious diseases are serious threats to population health. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused an enormous human toll and health crisis. Responses to the pandemic are significantly affecting the global economy. What is most concerning about COVID-19 is not the virus itself, but rather that it may compound with other and more serious crises. Climate change will likely affect human health, economy, and the society more than disease outbreaks. Governments at all levels, from local to international, can chart a greener, healthier, and equitable course for the future, investing in strategies and technologies that minimize and prevent risks, including those posed by climate change and the pandemic, promoting obligations to drastically reduce emissions, enhancing societal equality, improving community resilience, and achieving sustainable development goals. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8043725/ /pubmed/33870009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000133 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The Environmental Epidemiology. All rights reserved. Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND)This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (CreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativesLicense4.0(CCBY-NC-ND)) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Tong, Shilu Ebi, Kristie Olsen, Jorn Infectious disease, the climate, and the future |
title | Infectious disease, the climate, and the future |
title_full | Infectious disease, the climate, and the future |
title_fullStr | Infectious disease, the climate, and the future |
title_full_unstemmed | Infectious disease, the climate, and the future |
title_short | Infectious disease, the climate, and the future |
title_sort | infectious disease, the climate, and the future |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043725/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33870009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EE9.0000000000000133 |
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