Abstract
Abstract In this article, we try to see if there is a direct link between this health crisis and global warming and if there is something to take away and use at a different level. We are living in complicated times, a sanitary crisis which is followed by an economic one, the amplitude is remained to see, but clearly, both are very damaging. In both cases, being able to rely on the best available scientific knowledge is essential for decision-making. But these cases are quite different because in the case of climate change, apparently, the solution consists in embracing a new social, economic, and energy model. Unfortunately, this aspect is missing from the measures aimed to slow down the COVID-19 pandemic. If certain decisions taken to solve the pandemic seem initially to be directed through the direction of climate protection, others seem rather to going in the opposite direction, so there is no immediate equivalence from one problem to another, and we should not mislead ourselves about possible positive consequences of this health crisis in terms of climate. Nevertheless, perfect communication, coordinated and targeted, clear and honest, has to go hand in hand with the actions taken, to obtain the best and fast results. Despite this situation, we don’t have to forget that that humanity is in the middle of another crisis, global warming, which will affect even more, at all levels, not only humankind, and for a longer period.
Highlights
We wonder why we were able to stop the global economy to fight against the COVID-19 virus, almost one year ago only, when nobody would agree that stopping the commerce, aviation industry, tourism, sports competitions, etc. would ever be possible
Even if the negative consequences of global warming and the number of potential victims resulting from the ecological disasters are immeasurably greater than in the case of the new coronavirus, this damage remains for the time being quite hypothetic, when we count the victims caused by COVID-19 each day
We demonstrated that the issue of climate change is more stringent than ever, and the damaging consequences are imminent
Summary
We wonder why we were able to stop the global economy to fight against the COVID-19 virus, almost one year ago only, when nobody would agree that stopping the commerce, aviation industry, tourism, sports competitions, etc. would ever be possible. The answer is because, through the means of communication, we have all perceived the imminence of danger, of immediate death, without solutions, regardless of origin, social level, skin colour, sex, intelligence, etc. It is clear that all this effort was not in vain, the pandemic virus was slowdown at least; the scientific medical and pharmaceutical community after finding a few efficient vaccines in less than one year is focused to find the best way to distribute equitably all over the world. It is important to remember that COVID19 is a zoonosis, a disease originating from the animal world. According to World Health Organisation a zoonosis is a “disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans. The flu is no longer seasonal in the tropics because the normal seasons disappeared; instead, we have two long seasons (dry and rainy) both with high temperatures
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