COVID-19 and Climate Change
Right now, though Texas is not in lockdown, the Pandemic rages on. On the advice of my doctor, I am minimizing my local automobile travel. And I strongly suspect that I am not alone. Though the climate has benefitted greatly from the reduction in carbon emissions, climate change has not gone away. Based on an article from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, I will look at the relationship between the virus and the climate.
Climate and the Transmission of the Virus There are many reasons to take action to improve our health and reduce risks for infectious disease emergence and spread; addressing climate change is one of them. Something I never thought about that the article addresses is that in response to the warming climate, animals of all sizes are moving towards the poles for comfort. As they migrate, they are encountering other animals they would not normally meet. Those chance meetings create opportunities for pathogens to jump to new