emerging infectious disease Archives

Causes for Emerging Infectious Disease: Humans to Blame

March 31, 2020 by Dr. Eeks

Causes for Emerging Infectious Disease: Humans are to blame. By: Dr. Eeks We must address the causes of emerging infectious disease. For example, there has to be a much stronger international effort to ban live meat markets and come down harder on the illegal wildlife trade. It didn’t happen after SARS, but it needs to …

COVID-19: Why We Can’t Only Shut Down Cities Like NYC

March 25, 2020 by Dr. Eeks

By Dr. Eeks, MD, MPH Most of America has been ordered to shut down as we brace for the uphill battle against COVID-19. Yet, despite overwhelming consensus from the medical and public health community, there has been shouts to open up America, restart our economy and allow people to work. There has been a lot of …