The Intersection of COVID-19, The Flu, and Climate Change
Healthy Living Healthy Planet Radio
English - October 18, 2020 19:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAlternative Health Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Featuring Jeffrey Shaman, Ph.D. of Columbia Public Health and Dr. Samantha Ahdoot of Pediatric Associates of Alexandria.
Dr. Shaman speaks about pathogenic diseases and vector-borne diseases in relation to weather and climate change. Further, he breaks down the connection between climate change, the flu and COVID-19. Weather patterns and the spread of disease are intrinsically connected and the seasonal cycle of weather shifts as our climate changes.
Dr. Ahdoot further breaks down seasonal infections and diseases such as allergies, tick-borne diseases, etc. As our seasons shift our allergy seasons lengthen, and mosquito and heat-borne illness persist later into the calendar year than previously. Climate change has disrupted the health care system overall. Dr. Ahdoot also calls attention to our most vulnerable populations and their susceptibility to climate borne illnesses.
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