Health and disease

· What are the basic questions to ask about patterns of disease at any point in time and space?

· Describe the relationships between (1) culture and disease; (2) cities and disease; (3) environmental change and disease; and (4) human ecology and disease. How do the relationships reflect “negative externalities” and “Karl Polanyi’s Paradox” ( as described in GPCC)?

· What is a “signature disease” of a specific historical time and pattern of geographic connections? How is HIV/AIDS an example of a signature disease?

· What are arguments for healthcare as a global public good (and as a human right), as opposed to healthcare as an individual, commodified choice?

· “I believe in health care as a human right” (video, 3:30 minutes)

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

· “10 questions for Paul Farmer” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbM8hjXwgoLinks to an external site.

· Review: “What causes a pandemic, and how can we prevent future ones?” (video, 4:30 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8PeXu3CPPsLinks to an external site.

· “Five reasons why pandemics like Covid-19 are becoming more likely”

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/5-reasons-why-pandemics-like-covid-19-are-becoming-more-likely

· GPCC, chapter 8, “Health and disease”