Covid, monkeypox, polio: Summer of viruses reflects travel, warming trends

‘We are the invaders of the viral world, not vice versa,’ a virologist says

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In many respects, the viral invasion is no accident. A warming climate, vanishing forests and global travel have accelerated the spread of pathogens from animals to people, as well as among people in different parts of the world.

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“We live in a world of microbial evolution and the microbes are taking every advantage they can,” said Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

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The summer of 2022 may go down as the moment that humans began to get the picture. Infectious diseases became big news.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/09/01/summer-viruses-covid-19-monkeypox-polio/