Global warming and planetary health: An open letter to the WHO from scientific and indigenous people urging for paleo-microbiology studies

Charlier, Philippe; Héry-Arnaud, Geneviève; Coppens, Yves; Malaurie, J.; Hoang-Oppermann, V.; Deps, Patrícia Duarte; Kenmogne, J.B.; Foka, M.; Josué, E.; Schor, X.E.; Brun, Lucienne; Kepanga, M.; Evanty, N.; Juliá, Edgardo Rodríguez; Bose, Sugata; Iaukea, L.; Epiayu, J. Romero; Deo, Saudamini; Augias, A.; Claverie, Jean‐Michel

doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104284

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“…More frequent occurrences of extreme weather could contribute in this regard. In addition, it is worrisome that under global warming, ancient micro-organisms, including viruses, bacteria and fungi that have been locked in permafrost, icebergs and glaciers, could be released into the atmosphere upon the melting of the ice [ 88 , 89 , 90 ]. This poses a potential threat to humankind since the immune system of the modern human has never encountered those pathogens carried by the ancient micro-organisms [ 90 ].…”

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Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19

Ching

Kajino

2020

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The world is currently shadowed by the pandemic of COVID-19. Confirmed cases and the death toll has reached more than 12 million and more than 550,000 respectively as of 10 July 2020. In the unsettling pandemic of COVID-19, the whole Earth has been on an unprecedented lockdown. Social distancing among people, interrupted international and domestic air traffic and suspended industrial productions and economic activities have various far-reaching and undetermined implications on air quality and the climate system. Improvement in air quality has been reported in many cities during lockdown, while the death rate of COVID-19 has been found to be higher in more polluted cities. The relationship between the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and air quality is under investigation. In addition, the battle against COVID-19 could bring short-lived and long-lasting and positive and negative impacts to the warming climate. The impacts on the climate system and the role of the climate in modulating the COVID-19 pandemic are the foci of scientific inquiry. The intertwined relationship among environment, climate change and public health is exemplified in the pandemic of COVID-19. Further investigation of the relationship is imperative in the Anthropocene, in particular, in enhancing disaster preparedness. This short article intends to give an up-to-date glimpse of the pandemic from air quality and climate perspectives and calls for a follow-up discussion.

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Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19

Ching

Kajino

2020

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“…Emergence of zoonotic diseasesone of the greatest threats to biodiversity and human healthis a complex process involving not only wildlife and natural ecosystems, but also societal aspects. It has been speculated that permafrost melting due to global warming will result in the release of bacteria and virus (currently blocked in ice) may increase the risk of future epidemics [133]. The effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on human welfare, socioeconomic and political structures are, and will be, enormous.…”

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Biomimetics provides lessons from nature for contemporary ways to improve human health

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Avesani

Gordon

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“…Moreover, the rise of human fast travels, either for business or touristic purposes, introduces a propagation rate not faced previously in history. 7 , 8 …”

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“…Moreover, the rise of human fast travels, either for business or touristic purposes, introduces a propagation rate not faced previously in history. 7,8 The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently developing an R&D blueprint, highlighting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) as a case study, for rapid medical-product development and deployment. This urgency emerged from the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which revealed deficiencies within existing mechanisms.…”

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Modified SIQR model for the COVID‐19 outbreak in several countries

Pinto

Machado

Burgos³

2022

Math Methods in App Sciences

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In this paper, we propose a modified Susceptible‐Infected‐Quarantine‐Recovered (mSIQR) model, for the COVID‐19 pandemic. We start by proving the well‐posedness of the model and then compute its reproduction number and the corresponding sensitivity indices. We discuss the values of these indices for epidemiological relevant parameters, namely, the contact rate, the proportion of unknown infectious, and the recovering rate. The mSIQR model is simulated, and the outputs are fit to COVID‐19 pandemic data from several countries, including France, US, UK, and Portugal. We discuss the epidemiological relevance of the results and provide insights on future patterns, subjected to health policies.

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Global warming and planetary health: An open letter to the WHO from scientific and indigenous people urging for paleo-microbiology studies

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19

Rethinking Air Quality and Climate Change after COVID-19

Biomimetics provides lessons from nature for contemporary ways to improve human health

Modified SIQR model for the COVID‐19 outbreak in several countries

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