WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND EXTREME HEALTHCARE EVENTS ?
When comparing an extreme healthcare event and an extreme weather event, the first word to put into consideration is "extreme" which implies excessive or beyond normal. An example of an extreme health care event is the infamous corona virus pandemic. In dealing with this healthcare event, the NHS,CDC,WHO and other health care organisations around the world have poured in alot of resources such as funds and labour. Drastic measures such as lockdowns all aroud the world have been taken by various countries and the price to pay is a huge drop in world economy and rapid depletion of funds. The essence of these measures is to completely stop the spread of the virus at all costs.
It is worthy of note that when talking about extreme weather events, climate change and global warming are indispendable. One should also note that the corona virus pandemic is the leading extreme healthcare event in the world today. Using climate change and the corona virus pandemic as case studies, the responses to both of these issues are similar in nature. Some of the similarities that extreme weather events and extreme healthcare events have in respect to responses to them are:
-funding for research on the issues
-public enlightenment on the issues
-making and implementing laws on the issues e.t.c.
Despite the similarities listed above, it is clear that extreme weather events are treated with less seriousness than extreme healthcare events. I think that such a mindset exists because many people havn't seen or experienced the effects of extreme weather. Another reason for the existence of the mindset that extreme weather events are less important than extreme healthcare events is many individuals are yet to understand that extreme weather events have a relationship with extreme health events. Based on research carried out by the Texila American University, due to climate change:
-Water quality and quantity are compromised;contributing to a doublling in the number of people living in water stressed basins by 2050.
-Food security is compromised;in some African countries,yields from rian-fed agriculture may halve by 2020.
-Protection againsts natural disasters;increase in exposure to coastal flooding by a factor of 10,and land area in extreme drought by a factor of 10-30.
With the facts above, it is clear that extreme weather events and extreme healthcare events are interlinked and to solve the issue of extreme healthcare events, one of the main steps is to find a suitable solution to extreme weather events.
excellent_photograph. (^ ^)
Comments (46)
21 Apr 2020
This is an excellent post that shows thorough reasoning. Well done! You have introduced plenty of similarities and differences which it would be good for other students to comment on.
What do you think can be learnt from the coronavirus that can help shape our response to extreme weather?
Well I think that one mistake that was repeated several times by many countries throughout the world is the failure to close their borders on time before the virus could be transmitted. The lesson to learn here is how important timing is. If we fold our arms and wait until the issue of extreme weather becomes unbearable, it might be too late to make any serious impact. In essence the only way to prevent the continuous escalation of extreme weather is to handle it before it can grow into a bird that we can't catch.
A really interesting point. Do you think this is viable in the long term?
if the responses to extreme weather are intensified now,in the long term, the overall workload involved in dealing with the issue of climate change would be greatly reduced. If we intensify our efforts now the results would be evident in the future
Excellent_ photograph I think you have a very strong point here.
I think we should also learn this and not just leave it to ourselves but also pass it on to others especially us as the younger generation
Excellent point I like your comment
21 Apr 2020
Excellent_photograph thats interesting.
Thanks alot
21 Apr 2020
good article
21 Apr 2020
excellent article here, that's right
21 Apr 2020
I think that a mistake which brought this pandemic to a lot of countries is not closing their borders on time and going for their people in the infected country without medical check . And the lesson here is timing and reasoning well because you have to think well before you reason to avoid being landed in a big trouble.
I agree with you in this point very much, but I think that it is not easy for countries to close cities, stop airports, and suspend the affairs of the state because it is causing them great harm, so perhaps they were late in responding to the virus, and I think that the countries had no idea that the virus would reach this stage.
21 Apr 2020
The relationship between extreme weather events and extreme healthcare event is that, extreme weather events affect human health by causing death, injury and illness, as well as having large socioeconomics mic impacts. An example of extreme weather event is flooding which is caused by too much rain. This destroys properties and also cause loss of life or lives of people.
21 Apr 2020
I really like your post excellent_photograph
21 Apr 2020
Very interesting.
22 Apr 2020
Extreme weather refers to condition of weather beyond the normal average whilst extreme healthcare refers to healthcare which has been excessive.The word which i think relate the two events is "extreme" which is found in the two events and shows the same meaning "beyond limits".
22 Apr 2020
Both extreme weather and extreme healthcare events are related because weather greatly affects our health . Too severe rainfall can cause a number of diseases like pneumonia etc.So they both go hand in hand in relationship.
You make a good point about the relationship between healthcare and weather. Can you think of examples where governments have introduced preventative healthcare measures in their countries?
I agree with what was said that the weather has to do with health care and I can give you examples first: Corona virus has been introduced health care very mainly. Second: Wars in wars, there are a lot of injuries and a lot of dead and wounded, so health is mainly introduced as well. Third: Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and human disasters such as wars, famines, poverty, and diseases, health care is introduced into them to treat and help the affected people, and provide medicines and aid.
23 Apr 2020
Crisis factor,the global response to corona virus could teach us that with greenhouses you can't smell and its not far fetched that actually all these extreme weather.
We must learn lessons for corona virus pandemic to tackle the threat .
We learn lesson from covid 19 response to mitigating and adapting to the threat of of climate change .
We learn that we are unprepared for some biggest risk we face we should be prepared.
We should be ready for it to help in response to extreme weather.
We learn that we don't hey death toil caused by climate change as we do with covid 19 . it's much deadlier than the virus.
Thanks for reading
23 Apr 2020
I agree with the fact that extreme weather events has a great relationship with extreme health care events, taking Corona virus into consideration, If there should be extreme weather events such as floods, earthquakes and the likes happening right now in our countries, I would say and am sure that all the resources that are being used in funding this virus in order to take it out of our countries would have been used to support victims of the extreme weather events instead of using it to fight this virus. So therefore, extreme weather events is something that should be taking seriously and if possible try to prevent it's effects on people because it most a times put people in extreme health care events.
23 Apr 2020
Very interesting point
Can you explain what you thought was interesting and why?
23 Apr 2020
The government made a mistake by not closing the boarders but are now correcting it by closing schools and workplaces,educating people on how to protect themselves,providing nose marks, sanitizers and building more hospitals.But the problem is that it has already entered the country and spreading very fast.
24 Apr 2020
Very interesting
24 Apr 2020
Very interesting
25 Apr 2020
This article is quite long but very interesting
26 Apr 2020
Very interesting post excellent_photograph.
26 Apr 2020
the government of many countries made a mistake when they didnt close their borders in time and now i think they have corrected their mistake which i think is very good
27 Apr 2020
Sometimes extreme weather leads to extreme healthcare situations. Like now in Kenya, floods are in some places and this might lead to outbreak of diseases in those areas. This is sad because even there is the coronavirus problem at the same time.
27 Apr 2020
I think Extreme weather and Extreme healthcare is related because, for instance, a country has experienced a flood and the flood can cause diseases like malaria which can also lead to extreme healthcare.
I agree with you. I think that everything in this universe is connected to each other, it is divine wisdom.
28 Apr 2020
I like your post excellent _photograph
04 May 2020
They both rely on the same thing...
06 May 2020
This was very interesting to read and I agree with you. I liked your post
06 May 2020
When extreme weather strikes us we live in cold and we don't have roofs to cover on our heads
Thanks
08 May 2020
i like the post its really intresting
09 May 2020
That was brilliant idea I think the issue with spread of Coronavirus pandemic is something to do with time and more seriousness in the country. If the country is that serious to prevent this spread of Coronavirus then I think should have enforced total lockdown and close all the borders
14 May 2020
Extreme weather events impact the operation of health services through the effects on built, social and institutional infrastructures which support health and health care, and also because of changes in service demand as extreme weather impacts on human health.
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14 May 2020
The relationship between extreme healthcare events and extreme weather is.
Firstly, floods will initially cause injuries but after the first stage the flood water will interact with the sewage water creating unhealthy water that people are drinking causing the death toll to increase from diseases such as cholera and typhoid. The effect would be a extreme
healthcare event.
In addition to this, a drought can cause 2 problems. Firstly, the initial heatwave will lead to more deaths because older people and babies can’t cope with the heat. In some countries, the drought leads to famine because no crops can grow and people suffering will need healthcare.
14 May 2020
When comparing an extreme healthcare event and an extreme weather event, the first word to put into consideration is "extreme" which implies excessive or beyond normal. An example of an extreme health care event is the infamous corona virus pandemic. In dealing with this healthcare event, the NHS,CDC,WHO and other health care organizations around the world have poured in a lot of resources such as funds and labour. Drastic measures such as lock downs all around the world have been taken by various countries and the price to pay is a huge drop in world economy and rapid depletion of funds. The essence of these measures is to completely stop the spread of the virus at all costs.
17 May 2020
kindly , what is the impact of extreme weather event on health and social care during this pandemic disease of corona virus?
19 May 2020
Extreme weather and climate-related events affect human health by causing death, injury, and illness, as well as having large socioeconomic impacts. Climate change has caused changes in extreme event frequency, intensity, and geographic distribution, and will continue to be a driver for change in the future.
21 May 2020
nice post but what do you mean by what is the relationship between extreme weathers and extreme healthcare?
22 May 2020
Nice post, excellent_photograph
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