Discussion 13

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  • “Who’s to blame for a pandemic?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/video/coronavirus-pandemics-causes.html?auth=login-google1tap&login=google1tapLinks to an external site.

  • “How climate change is ushering in a new pandemic era”

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/climate-change-risks-infectious-diseases-covid-19-ebola-dengue-1098923/Links to an external site.

  • “To understand the Wuhan Coronavirus, look at the epidemic triangle”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/opinion/wuhan-coronavirus-epidemic.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=HomepageLinks to an external site.

  • “Monkey meat and the Ebola outbreak in Liberia” (video, 12 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasTcDsDfMgLinks to an external site.

  • “The Kenyan fishing community ravaged by AIDS” (video, 17 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjGRzCk1dcLinks to an external site.

  • “Chagas: A silent killer [Argentina]” (video, 26 minutes)

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2013/04/20134168253191412.htmlLinks to an external site.

  • “River of Hope [Schistosomiasis]” (video, 48 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiJNs9vmvKQLinks to an external site.

 

Discussion post #13

  • Describe any two of the above cases (Ebola, HIV/AIDS, Chagas, or Schistosomiasis) from the standpoint of the relationships between (1) culture/economy and disease; (2) cities/towns and disease; (3) environmental change and disease; and (4) human ecology and disease.
  • Within the above framework, how do the two diseases reflect “negative externalities” and “Karl Polanyi’s Paradox” (as described in GPCC)?