Will climate change amplify epidemics and give rise to pandemics?
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1126/science.adk4500.
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Abstract
While the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis continues to spiral at a much faster speed than was expected. Climate change is dominating our lives and causing a high level of distress. Countries all over the world are struggling to survive the damage caused by extreme events. They are trying to control wildfires, rebuild roads and houses damaged by floods, and learn to survive in a hotter and more dangerous world. However, there is also a new threat that is being overlooked-the interaction between climate change and infectious diseases. A comprehensive meta-analysis revealed that climate change could aggravate more than 50% of known human pathogens. Unfortunately, this is happening now.
Medical subject headings
- Climate Change
- Pandemics
- Endemic Diseases
- Communicable Diseases