Clinical Reviews & Cases

Open Access ISSN: 2689-1069

Abstract


The Perfect Storm and A Global Call to Reason: An Evolutionary Perspective on The Existential Threat of Covid-19 to Humanity

Authors: Procunier William.

The Covid-19 pandemic has put us at a generational cross roads in human evolution as a result of our accumulated impact on the planet during the Anthropocene. People/governments in positions of power and influence need to address this threat in a much more concerted and efficient manner. We need to think at a species level in evolutionary terms for our collective survival as a result of this confluence of public health, socio-economic and geopolitical forces being brought to bear. The article discusses and provides some evolutionary insights into aspects of the epidemiology, genetics, genomics and clinical outcomes of Covid-19 in relation to these threats.

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