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Our relationship with nature has caused many of the problems we are now facing with disease.
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Human Activity Is Rocking the Boat
A key factor in the incidence of disease is human behavior. Humans are now altering the atmosphere, the oceans, and the land on a global and unprecedented scale. Furthermore, human population is growing fast, and patterns of human settlement and migration are also changing. Infectious agents are taking advantage of these new opportunities, spreading and diversifying far faster than our efforts to prevent and control them. “As a result,” writes McGinn, “transmissions of infectious diseases through all media--air, water, insects, rats, and the human body itself--are on the rise.”
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