There are synergies of causation of climate change and communicable diseases. Both are caused by overconsumption of goods. Adam Curtis's BBC documentary "Century of the Self" examines the causative factors. The Century of the Self - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_of_the_Self
Edward Bernays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays was the nephew of Sigmund Freud. (Sigmund Freud believed that the mind is responsible for both conscious and unconscious decisions hat it makes the basis of psychological drives.) Bernays applied his uncle's hot off the press theories, to human advertising. They have become embedded.
Bernays' advertising promoted self gratification to its customers whilst buying monetary benefit for self gratification for its corporate sellers. The corporate members ** gain monetary power which they use to for their own purposes. These do not always address the maintenance and advancement of human societal and planetary health.
(** "Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like. Edward, First Baron Thurlow (1731-1806), the Lord Chancellor during the impeachment of Warren Hastings. " The Anarchy by William Dalrympke )
Advertising that supports instant gratification is easier than advertising that supports deferred gratification. Delayed gratification - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_gratification
Derek WanLess discusses these issues in his report "Securing good health for the whole population" as does the WHO One Health One health which aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. https://www.who.int/health-topics/one-health#tab=tab_1
We are planning a small public and hybrid workshop in Glossop on these issues in June.
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HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com