GGRB28H3 Lecture Notes - Lyme Disease, Premarital Sex, Common Cold

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27 Nov 2013
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We"re dealing with diseases we"ve never dealt with before we have new emerging diseases. We affect the diseases that affects us. Colonial period: european power and colonizing the rest of the world. Edge settlements: people moving into unclaimed areas -> mining operations, Introducing new diseases to different populations forest areas. Coming into contact with illnesses you"ve never been in contact with. He"s telling us to recognize our role in the creation of the diseases that affect us. Ecological disruptions : over 4 time periods. The relationship between social and environmental factors. We found vaccines, so people were living longer in much of the western world. We thought we were going to cure the common cold. Demographics and behavior: changes in lifestyle, changing in demographic. People are not dying young but the people who are older have compromising immune systems. We do have an outbreak, and the older population will be the one"s who will be most affected.

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