Open AccessOne Health—the Key to Preventing COVID-19 from Becoming the New Normal
Author(s) -
Sharon L. Deem,
Maris BrennWhite
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
molecular frontiers journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2529-7333
pISSN - 2529-7325
DOI - 10.1142/s2529732520400039
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , key (lock) , new normal , human health , one health , work (physics) , medicine , virology , public health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , environmental health , computer security , computer science , disease , nursing , engineering , outbreak , pathology , mechanical engineering
While we experience the most significant zoonotic pandemic in 100 years, we would do well to consider how we arrived at this historic moment and how we will prevent the next pandemic. In this commentary, we explore the human drivers of emerging infectious diseases and contend that a One Health approach—in which multiple disciplines work together to ensure the health of environments, humans, and non-human animals—is imperative to get through this pandemic and to prevent future ones.