Alicia Johnson
Post-Apocalyptical Landscapes
Post-apocalyptic is the existing or occurring after a catastrophically destructive disaster or apocalypse (Merriam Webster, 2020)....
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COVID-19 & ENVIRONMENT IMPACT
Alicia Johnson
Covid-19 is a new disease that has not been previously identified in humans. Covid-19 is highly contagious and can cause a cough, fever, and/or difficulty breathing. Symptoms may take up to 14 days to appear after exposure to Covid-19. It is a was first detected in Wuhan, China and has been spreading since December 2019. The outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11th, 2020 (Nether, Dyrdak, Durelle, Hodcroft & Albert, 2020). Canada has 16,498 cases as of April 6th, 2020. (WorldoMeter, 2020)
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How will Covid-19 Change the World?
Pandemics can cause economic damage through multiple channels, including short-term fiscal shocks and longer-term negative shocks to...
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COVID-19 Impact on Humans
Cases: 1,330,931 worldwide Deaths – 73,930 people Canada – 16,498 cases Ontario – 4,038 cases (WorldoMeter, 2020) Here is a brief...
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War With the Environment
Pandemics are large outbreaks of an infectious disease, often causing large amounts of mortality and morbidity across a wide geographic...
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Ricks Cafe & Times Square
Left- Ricks Cafe (Jamaica)
Right - TImes Square (New York City)
Top photos are taken with "Earth Cam" on April 1st, 2020 - both of these places are top tourist places in North America.
Now both are empty due to self-isolation periods - COVID-19
Bottom photos are taken by me, both in 2018
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REFERENCES
Armstrong, F., Capon, A., & McFarlane, R. (2020). Coronavirus is a wake-up call: Our war with the environment is leading to pandemics. Retrieved April 4th, 2020 from: https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-is-a-wake-up-call-our-war-with-the environment-is-leading-to-pandemics-135023
Dell’Agnese, E. (2014). Post-apocalypse now: Landscape and environmental values in the road and the walking dead. Geographia Polonica. (87)3.
Government of Ontario. (2020). The 2019 Novel Coronavirus. Retrieved April 6th, 2020from:https://www.ontario.ca/page/2019-novel-coronavirus
EarthCam. (2020). Times Square Cam. Retrieved April 1, 2020 from:
https://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsrobo3
EarthCam. (2020). RicksCafe Retrieved April 1, 2020 from: http://www.rickscafejamaica.com/rickslive.html
Madhav, N., Oppernheim, B., Gallivan, M., Mulembakani, P., Rubin, E., & Wolfe, N. (2017). Pandemics: Risks, impacts, and mitigation. Disease Control Priorities: Improving Health and Reducing Poverty. 3(17).
Merriam Webster (2020). Postapocalyptic. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved from:https://www.merriam - webster.com/dictionary/postapocalyptic
Monroe, R. (2020). What does it take for the coronavirus to affect global carbon dioxide readings? Retrieved April 4th, 2020 from: https://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/2020/03/11/what-does-it-take-for-the-coronavirus-or-other-major-economic-events-to-affect-global-carbon-dioxide-readings/
Neher, R., Dyrdak, R., Druelle, V., Hodcroft, E. & Albert, J. (2020). Potential impact of seasonal forcing on SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Swiss Medical Weekly.
PBS. (2020). Map: Watch how Covid-19 travelled the world. Retrieved April 4th, 2020 from: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/map-watch-how-covid-19-traveled-the-world
World Health Organization. (ND). Climate Change and Infectious Diseases. Retrieved April 3rd, 2020 from https://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/en/chapter6.pdf
Worldometer. (2020). Covid-19: Coronavirus pandemic. Retrieved April 5, 2020 Retrieved from: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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