SOSC 1801 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Smallpox

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1801
• Professor: Denielle Elliott

Document Summary

Both ebola & zika are diseases relatively unknown until recently. The science & medical professionals, politicians, are caught off guard. These diseases are not just about the virus and the biology but also : Political will, economic development (infrastructure), health infrastructure, medical humanitarianism, drug development, international security. > larger structural forces influence how people are treated. Ebola is hard to get but kills easily. Zika is easy to get (cid:271)ut there"s (cid:374)o sy(cid:373)pto(cid:373) to the. Phar(cid:373)a(cid:272)euti(cid:272)al (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ies do(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)(cid:448)est in vaccines -> they pay tons of money for lifestyle drugs (lack political will) 1981: introduce vaccine for hiv but in fact it increase the chance of getting hiv. Hiv makes us nervous -> publi(cid:272) health (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t treat us. Foreign policy: how to protect american & canadian against hiv. Global public health security: how to protect citizen. Ebola has the power to disrupt international servation (?)