The likelihood of an extreme epidemic, or one similar to COVID-19, will increase threefold in the coming decades, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Health workers at a COVID-19 isolation facility, March 7, 2022, in Hong Kong, China.The likelihood of an extreme epidemic, or one similar to COVID-19, will increase threefold in the coming decades, according to aThe researchers used data from epidemics from the past 400 years, specifically death rates, length of previous epidemics and the rate of new infectious diseases.
Scientists are looking closely at the relationship between climate changes and zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19.Climate change and zoonotic diseases "We can't deal with pandemics with Band-Aids. Meaning after waiting until diseases show up, and then trying to figure out how to solve them," said Bernstein.
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