Abstract
Fast and slow health crises of Homo urbanicus: loss of resilience in communicable diseases, like COVID-19, and non-communicable diseases
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Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the problems may arise from the loss of resilience, which has been defined as an ability to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Lack of the resilient immunity at individual and community level is obvious as COVID-19 seems to be a new virus to humans
Summary
New kind of health hazards awaits the present and future human populations. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the problems may arise from the loss of resilience, which has been defined as an ability to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Lack of the resilient immunity at individual and community level is obvious as COVID-19 seems to be a new virus to humans. It is good news that this may mean an uprise of evidence-based science and factful information in the modern time of “post-truth.”. I am 74 years of age, and began my career by taking care of patients with tuberculosis in Finland. Until May 2020, some 260 patients have died in Finland, because of the COVID-19. When our neighbor got chickenpox, my mother took me and my brother there to get the infection before puberty as it can cause infertility as a complication. All this seems more or less forgotten or ancient history.
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