The COVID-19 pandemic response has lead us to speculate about the public health and environmental connections that put the world at risk for the pandemic. The public health response for the short and long term must include ecological and political solutions without further harming the environment.
Here are several recent articles and webinars that address these issues:
View WEHN co-president, Dr. Claire Gervais’s, letter to the editor >>
Preventing the Next Pandemic: Urgency for Planetary Health Approach >>
Webinar by Jonathon Patz, MD, MPH from the Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin Madison.
EPA, Citing Coronavirus, Drastically Relaxes Rules for Polluters >>
Article by Lisa Friedman, who reports on federal climate and environmental policy from Washington. She has broken multiple stories about the Trump administration’s efforts to repeal climate change regulations and limit the use of science in policymaking.
Environmental Protection Agency's deregulatory actions >>
Webinar by Tracey Woodruff, PhD. MPH from University of California, San Francisco presented this webinar on the Environmental Protection Agency's ramped up deregulatory activity during the COVID-19 crisis.
Global environmental systems and connection to COVID-19 >>
Article by Dr. Jonathan Foley (@GlobalEcoGuy), climate & environmental scientist, writer, and speaker. He is also the Executive Director of Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions.
Climate change and COVID-19 >>
Article by Mona Sarfaty, MD, MPH, FAAFP and Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FASC, Dr Sarfaty is a family medicine physician and executive director of the Medical Society Consortium for Climate and Health. Dr. Richard Carmona was seventeenth surgeon general of the United States, appointed by President George W. Bush. He currently teaches at the University of Arizona.
Environmental Justice - Covid-19 Not the Great Equalizer >>
Webinar slides from Jennifer Edgoose, MD, MPH, University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health addressing justice and equity issues in relation to the COVID-19 crisis.
