{"id":171,"date":"2022-01-05T17:53:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T17:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/katherine-everette\/?p=171"},"modified":"2022-02-08T14:45:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:45:37","slug":"building-back-better-after-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/katherine-everette\/2022\/01\/05\/building-back-better-after-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Back Better after Covid 19 Pandemic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Should we be striving to ‘build back’ the very structures that have exacerbated the coronavirus pandemic? While the comparison has been made of the global SARS-CoV-2 outbreak to that of impending global climate disaster, in that inability for state actors to work together for global solutions, it has also highlighted the inefficiency of government as a structure with regards to domestic social welfare and public healthcare infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The emergence of a new pandemic was not unexpected<\/strong> given the increased understanding of how population growth and urbanization, habitat destruction, globalization of trade including live animal trade, and intensive livestock farming increase risk of transmission of zoonotic pathogens<\/strong> (Gibb et al., 2020<\/a>,\u00a0Plowright et al., 2017<\/a>). Indeed, such human activities have contributed to the repeated emergence and spread of several zoonotic diseases since 2002 such as SARS (SARS-CoV), MERS-CoV, Zika and Ebola, all caused by viruses (OECD, 2020<\/a>). These human activities, compounded by the increase in international mobility and weakened public health systems, created optimal conditions for the emergence and transmission of SARS-CoV-2.<\/strong>“<\/p>Barouiki et al.<\/em> 2021<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The likelihood of increased incidence of zoonotic and epizoonotic diseases as a result of climate change is only one element of concern, not only within agricultural livestock, but also wild populations (additional reading<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only clear way to build back better after Covid 19 is through transformative change in order to build a new foundation both culturally and governmentally; one based in equity and sustainability, rather than that of extraction and exploitation. The possibility of framing of climate change as a public health issue might have been compromised by government negligence throughout the pandemic, but it is still vital to engage with the global public health narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Table 2 in Frumkin et al<\/em> 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While this table is demonstrating climate change into public health, the inverse is also a potent factor for enacting change in governmental policy; incorporating public health, and human rights as such, into climate policies can alter current failing infrastructure as an adaptation measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barouki, R., Kogevinas, M., Audouze, K., Belesova, K., Bergman, A., Birnbaum, L., Boekhold, S., Denys, S., Desseille, C., Drakvik, E., Frumkin, H., Garric, J., Destoumieux-Garzon, D., Haines, A., Huss, A., Jensen, G., Karakitsios, S., Klanova, J., Koskela, I.-M., \u2026 Vineis, P. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Research Needs. Environment International<\/em>, 146<\/em>, 106272. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envint.2020.106272<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frumkin, H., Hess, J., Luber, G., Malilay, J., & McGeehin, M. (2008). Climate change: The Public Health Response. American Journal of Public Health<\/em>, 98<\/em>(3), 435\u2013445. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2105\/ajph.2007.119362<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hale, V. L., Dennis, P. M., McBride, D. S., Nolting, J. M., Madden, C., Huey, D., Ehrlich, M., Grieser, J., Winston, J., Lombardi, D., Gibson, S., Saif, L., Killian, M. L., Lantz, K., Tell, R. M., Torchetti, M., Robbe-Austerman, S., Nelson, M. I., Faith, S. A., & Bowman, A. S. (2021). SARS-COV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer. Nature<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-021-04353-x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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