Climate change impacts and pandemics

<p dir="ltr">Throughout history, pandemics have posed significant challenges to humans, with each outbreak leaving a unique mark on societies worldwide. The Athenian plague, which occurred around 430-426 BC, resulted in 75–100,000 deaths, representing approximately 25 % of the population at the time. The exact cause of this plague remains unclear, but it may have included diseases such as typhoid fever and Ebola. Fast forward to modern times, the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has affected virtually every nation on the planet, resulting in almost 705 million infections and more than 7 million reported deaths. However, these numbers are likely underestimated due to differences in reporting and healthcare systems across the globe. In addition to COVID-19, other notable pandemics include the 2002 SARS outbreak and the 2012 MERS epidemic, both caused by coronaviruses. While these outbreaks had higher case fatality rates than COVID-19, they did not reach the global scale of the current pandemic. </p>