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Tag Archives: disease
Guest Blog: The Effects of Climate Change on Pandemics
Hello readers! This week’s guest blog is from Alvin Huang, Paula Glab, and Yuduo Wu. Combined, we are pursuing degrees in the fields of physics and computer science. Through this blog post, we hope to spread information on the correlation … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change
Tagged animals, Antarctic, anthrax, Arctic, Climate Change, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, dengue, disease, el nino, Environment, epidemic, exposure, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas mosquitoes, humidity, ice melt, insects, IPCC, la nina, LCC, malaria, migration, mosquitoes, pandemic, pathogen, Permafrost, Prediction, RCP, scenario, spread, Sri-Lanka, temperature rise, tropical disease
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COVID and Climate: Learning From One to Use On the Other
I have mentioned the concept of “constructive destruction” in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic before (June 16, 2020). By necessity, our status quo is being disrupted, but that also means we are beginning to grow in unexpected ways. At … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, politics, Trump, US
Tagged bacteria, Biden, Bill Gates, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Debate, disease, Donald Trump, Economy, elections, Europe, fact, Fauci, fossil fuel, Future, ice melt, Joe Biden, lockdown, Oil, pandemic, Pennsylvania, Permafrost, permafrost melt, president trump, Science, Texas, Transition, Trump, truth, US, virus, zero carbon
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Two Contradictory Versions of “Too Expensive”
I’m still in lockdown but I have the resources to communicate with the world. I have the opportunity to expose myself to different kinds of information while avoiding exposure to the pandemic. The piece below came from Forbes magazine, which, … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged California, cherry picking global energy transition, choice, Climate Change, Coal, consequence, disease, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental, fire, fire storm, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Germany, Global Warming, goals, Hydroelectric, hydroelectricity, individual bias, Insurance, Kenya, mitigating, Mitigation, Oil, Oregon, paradigm, phase-out, Policy, probability, prospect theory, Renewable, renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, UN, unlivable, Washington, wild fire, wildfire, Wind, World Bank
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How Do We End a Pandemic?
When I read my morning paper on May 4th, three articles jumped out at me: As Trump Pushes to Reopen, Government Sees virus toll nearly doubling WASHINGTON — As President Trump presses states to reopen their economies, his administration is … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Economics
Tagged administration, Bloomberg, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, coronavirus, COVID 19, Cuomo, disease, Economy, extreme heat, Extreme Weather, flu, Future, Global Population, heat, hospital, infection, NY, NYC, projection, Science, social distancing, spanish flu, test, Trump, US, virus
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Propagation of Pandemics: Please Stay Inside!
Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the day the 30th Infantry Division of the American army liberated me after two years of imprisonment in Bergen-Belsen. I was supposed to memorialize this event with my wife, other survivors and liberators, and … Continue reading
Tagged antibody, carrier, cat, contagion, contagious, coronavirus, COVID 19, disease, dog, ebola, epidemic, epidemiologist, Exponential Growth, flu, infection, lockdown, measles, MERS, pandemic, polio, R0, reinfection, reproduction, SARS, smallpox, tiger, virus
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Guest Blog: US Medical Schools Must Train Medical Students for Climate Change
This week, a medical student friend of mine presents a guest blog. As always, we welcome your comments and questions. We’d love to start a discussion about this topic. SA is a second year medical student interested in global surgery. … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Guest Blog, immigration, refugee, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Advocacy in Medicine, AMA, American Medical Association, Anthropogenic, baseline data, Brooklyn College, Climate Change, climate migrant, climate refugee, Clinical Climate Change Conference, CO2, CO2 emissions, Colorado, Conference, curricula, curriculum, Data, disease, doctor, Drought, Education, educator, environmental impact, Extreme Weather, Flood, food security, Future, global health, Health, health professional, hospital, Illinois, incentive, med student, medicaid, medical, medical school, medical student, medicare, Minnesota, mitigate, Mitigation, Mount Sinai, New York Academy of Medicine, NY, patient, physician, public health, student, Sustainability, sustainability reporting, UCSF, Urbana-Champaign, US, USMLE, Water, Yale
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