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Live Stream: COVID-19 and Climate Implications for Public Health
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Friday, April 03, 2020
Time:
10:00 AM
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11:00 AM
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Organizer/Author:
The Commonwealth Club
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COVID-19 AND CLIMATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
When: FRI, APR 3 @ 10:00 AM PT
Where: Online via livestream
What can the spread of the coronavirus teach us about the spread of climate change? Both crises have global reach, invisible perpetrators, and require aggressive, early action for containment. But while an infectious disease is acute and deeply personal, the impacts of a changing climate are systemic and vague.
Scientists point out that the coronavirus family—which includes COVID-19 and SARS—originated as an animal disease that can be passed along to humans. With increased human development encroaching into wildlife areas, should communities be preparing for more pandemics?
A conversation on climate factors shaping human health with Brian Allan, associate professor of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Aaron Bernstein, interim director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard School of Public Health.
SPEAKERS:
Brian Allan
Associate Professor, Entomology and School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aaron Bernstein
Interim Director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health
HOST:
Greg Dalton
Founder and Host, Climate One
When: FRI, APR 3 @ 10:00 AM PT
Where: Online via livestream
What can the spread of the coronavirus teach us about the spread of climate change? Both crises have global reach, invisible perpetrators, and require aggressive, early action for containment. But while an infectious disease is acute and deeply personal, the impacts of a changing climate are systemic and vague.
Scientists point out that the coronavirus family—which includes COVID-19 and SARS—originated as an animal disease that can be passed along to humans. With increased human development encroaching into wildlife areas, should communities be preparing for more pandemics?
A conversation on climate factors shaping human health with Brian Allan, associate professor of entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Aaron Bernstein, interim director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard School of Public Health.
SPEAKERS:
Brian Allan
Associate Professor, Entomology and School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aaron Bernstein
Interim Director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health
HOST:
Greg Dalton
Founder and Host, Climate One
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https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/20...
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COMMON DREAMS: "Coronavirus a 'Clear Warning Shot' From Nature to Humanity, Top Scientists Say"
"Scientists urged authorities to also seriously consider a long-term strategy for preventing another infectious disease outbreak—calling the coronavirus a "clear warning shot" from nature."
"Never before have so many opportunities existed for pathogens to pass from wild and domestic animals to people thanks to widespread habitat destruction through deforestation, mining, exploitation of animals for profit, and the climate crisis, " Inger Andersen, Director, U.N. Environmental Program.
"The coronavirus, officially known at SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, is thought to have spread from a species of horseshoe bat to another animal in a live animal market in Wuhan, China, allowing it to spread to humans."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/25/coronavirus-clear-warning-shot-nature-humanity-top-scientists-say
"Scientists urged authorities to also seriously consider a long-term strategy for preventing another infectious disease outbreak—calling the coronavirus a "clear warning shot" from nature."
"Never before have so many opportunities existed for pathogens to pass from wild and domestic animals to people thanks to widespread habitat destruction through deforestation, mining, exploitation of animals for profit, and the climate crisis, " Inger Andersen, Director, U.N. Environmental Program.
"The coronavirus, officially known at SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, is thought to have spread from a species of horseshoe bat to another animal in a live animal market in Wuhan, China, allowing it to spread to humans."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/25/coronavirus-clear-warning-shot-nature-humanity-top-scientists-say
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