Discussion 14

Assignments  (Discussion #14 due by Wednesday, 11:59pm, this week)

Part one

· “Disease evolution: How new illnesses emerge when we change how we live”

https://theconversation.com/disease-evolution-how-new-illnesses-emerge-when-we-change-how-we-live-54570 (Links 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.)

· “Deforestation and pandemics”

https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/articles/deforestation-and-pandemics (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=Homepage (Links to an external site.)

Part two

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasTcDsDfMg (Links to an external site.)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjGRzCk1dc (Links to an external site.)

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

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2013/04/20134168253191412.html (Links to an external site.)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiJNs9vmvKQ (Links to an external site.)

Discussion post #14

· 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)?

Post to Canvas: Post to Canvas:  250 word minimum for the entire assignment; no maximum word count. Display the word count at the end of your post.

Note: Zero points for the entire post if you cite Michael Polanyi’s Paradox instead of Karl Polanyi’s Paradox (as described in GPCC).

NO PLAGIRISING

MLA FORMAT